Consanguinity and Schizophrenia in Sudan

Ahmed Hassan Ahmed

doi:10.1192/bjp.134.6.635

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The rate of first-cousin marriages among the parents of schizophrenics was compared with a control group in an isolated highly inbred Sudanese community, no significant difference being found.

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