Neurobiological abnormalities in the relatives of schizophrenics

Authors
Waldo, MC Freedman, R
Citation
Mc. Waldo et R. Freedman, Neurobiological abnormalities in the relatives of schizophrenics, J PSYCH RES, 33(6), 1999, pp. 491-495
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Clinical Psycology & Psychiatry","Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
ISSN journal
00223956 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
491 - 495
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3956(199911/12)33:6<491:NAITRO>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The inheritance of a complex illness such as schizophrenia likely involves the segregation of genetic factors, in combination with non-genetic or envi ronmental abnormalities. This paper reviews several family studies of biolo gical and clinical aspects of schizophrenia, that have attempted to observe such segregation in relationship to family history of schizophrenia to ide ntify which factors appear to be related to the transmission of genetic ris k. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.