Inbreeding, endogamy and exogamy among relatives of schizophrenia patients
Abaskuliev, A.A.; Skoblo, G.V.
Genetika 11(3): 145-148
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-6758 PMID: 135710 Document Number: 94974
An increased frequency of consanguineous marriages among the parents of schizophrenic patients in comparison with the control group of exogenous-somatic patients (infections, trauma) was found. Endogamy among the parents of schizophrenic patients and the control group was practically the same. The data obtained indicate a certain, but not the leading, role of inbreeding in the etiology of schizophrenia.