Identical Twins Concordant for the Progression of Affective Illness to Schizophrenia
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 141 (6), 563-566
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.141.6.563
Abstract
Summary: A pair of identical twins for whom long-term follow-up information was available progressed concordantly from typical ‘affective illness' to process schizophrenia. We discuss a possible genetic basis for a certain form of schizophrenia which may present typical affective features in the initial phase of process schizophrenia.Keywords
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