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Genetic aspects of schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Böök Jan A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1981.tb00726.x
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , genetic heterogeneity , genetics , genetic variation , biology , genetic data , family studies , evolutionary biology , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , phenotype , gene , population , environmental health
Sufficient evidence supports the conclusion that schizophrenia syndromes are pathogenetically and very likely genetically heterogeneous. The major part of published data on families and twins suggests a significant genetic variation component. The interpretation of the genetic transmission is probably confounded by the heterogeneity of such data.