Is there a familial overlap between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder?
Journal of Affective DisordersPublished 1 December 2002
C.P Somnath, Y.C. Janardhan Reddy, Sanjeev Jain
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The findings suggest that schizophrenia and bipolar disorders are familially independent, but there could be a familial relationship between the predisposition to schizophrenia and to major depression.
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The findings suggest that schizophrenia and bipolar disorders are familially independent, but there could be a familial relationship between the predisposition to schizophrenia and to major depression.
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