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Gender differences and age of onset in the catatonic subtypes of schizophrenia.
Psychopathology - 1 Jan 2000
Stöber G, Franzek E, Haubitz I, Pfuhlmann B, Beckmann H
Abstract excerpt
In a family study involving 139 probands with chronic DSM-III-R schizophrenia, catatonic type, 83 probands met the criteria for periodic catatonia and 56 probands those for systematic catatonia according to Leonhard. In the systematic catatonias, we found a low morbidity risk of 4.6% in first-degree relatives, an early age at first hospitalization and a high prevalence of affected males. In the light of our...
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