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Family History and Birthweight in Monozygotic Twins Concordant and Discordant for Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

S.W. Lewis ,
B. Chitkara ,
A.M. Reveley  and
R.M. Murray
S.W. Lewis*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, London, UK
B. Chitkara
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, London, UK
A.M. Reveley
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London, UK
R.M. Murray
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, London, UK
*
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK

Abstract

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In a sample of monozygotic twins, intrapair differences in reported birthweight were larger in those pairs discordant for later psychosis, compared to pairs concordant for psychosis. A trend towards less family history of psychiatric disorder was also found in the discordant pairs.

Keywords

PsychosisBirthweightMZ Twins
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 267 - 273
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1987

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