Genotypic specificity of schizophrenic psychoses
Shakhmatova-Pavlova, I.V.; Gindilis, V.M.; Rokhlina, M.L.; Kozlova, I.A.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 80(5): 719-726
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 7415694 Document Number: 158497
A total of 610 probands with a disease manifestation in childhood, middle and old age and their families were examined by the clinico-genealogical method. The results allowed conclusions that (1) there is an undoubted genetic relationship between schizophrenia of childhood, middle and old age; and that (2) among the closest relatives in families of the probands there is no significant (in comparison to the general population) accumulation of non-schizophrenic pathology. The latter indicates a high genotypic specificity of schizophrenia.