Article
Familial risks and reproductive fitness in schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Jan 1996
Battaglia M, Bellodi L
Abstract excerpt
Recently published data from the Roscommon Family Study show that a parental diagnosis of schizotypal disorder (SPD) has a significant and specific impact on the risk for schizophrenia in siblings of index probands with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The distribution patterns of risks for schizophrenia and SPD in parents were of opposite magnitude to those of patients' siblings and children. These patterns can...
Topics
- Adult
- Family Health
- Female
- Fertility
- Humans
- Male
- Marital Status
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
- Schizophrenia
- Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- Selection, Genetic
