Monozygotic twins, folie a deux and heritability: A case report and critical review

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 369-374

  Shiwach, R S ^a,b   Sobin, P B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Terrell State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031800726     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(98)90207-9     Document Type: Article

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