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Familial differences in schizophrenia with good and poor prognosis1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Michael S. McCabe
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
Richard C. Fowler
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
Remi J. Cadoret
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
George Winokur
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.

Synopsis

Probands with schizophrenia of good and poor prognosis were selected according to defined criteria. Families were investigated blindly. The families with poor prognosis contained significantly more schizophrenia, neurosis, and overall illness, but less affective disorder than the families with good prognosis.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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