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Identical Twins Concordant for the Progression of Affective Illness to Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Kenneth S. Kendler  and
Ming T. Tsuang
Kenneth S. Kendler
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Schizophrenia Biological Research Center, Bronx V.A. Medical Center, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
Ming T. Tsuang
Affiliation:
Section of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University; Associate Medical Director and Director, Psychiatric Epidemiology Research Unit Butler, Hospital, 345 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, Rhode Island, 02906, USA
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Summary

A pair of identical twins for whom long-term follow-up information was available progressed concordantly from typical ‘affective illness' to process schizophrenia. We discuss a possible genetic basis for a certain form of schizophrenia which may present typical affective features in the initial phase of process schizophrenia.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 6 , December 1982 , pp. 563 - 566
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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