Misattributed paternity. A bias in the family studies in schizophrenia?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1046-1049

  Procopio, Marco ^a,b  

^a Southgate   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 15244349374     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.11.023     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. I.I. Gottesman Schizophrenia genesis. The origins of madness 1991 Freeman New York
2. F. Fromm-Reichmann Notes on the development of treatment of schizophrenia by psychoanalytic psychotherapy Psychiatry 11 1948 263 271
3. T. Lidz, S. Fleck, and A.R. Cornelioson Schizophrenia and the family 1965 International University Press New York
4. A.G. Cardno, and I.I. Gottesman Twin studies of schizophrenia: from bow-and-arrow concordances to Star Wars Mx and functional genomics Am J Med Genet 97 2000 12 17
5. T.J. Crow Sex chromosomes and psychosis: the case for a pseudoautosomal locus Br J Psychiatry 153 1988 675 683
6. S.V. Faraone, L. Taylor, and M.T. Tsuang The molecular genetics of schizophrenia: an emerging consensus Exp Rev Mol Med 4 2002 1 13
7. A.C. Kinsey Sexual behavior in the human female 1953 Saunders Philadelphia
8. L. Wolfe The Cosmo report 1981 Arbor House New York
9. A. Lucassen, and M. Parker Revealing false paternity, some ethical considerations Lancet 357 2001 1033 1035
10. M. Byrne, E. Agerbo, and P.B. Mortensen Family history of psychiatric disorders and age at first contact in schizophrenia: an epidemiological study Br J Psychiatry 181 2002 s19 s25
11. P.B. Mortensen, C.B. Pedersen, and T. Westegaard Effects of family history and place and season of birth on the risk of schizophrenia NEJM 340 1991 603 608
12. K.M. Abel Foetal origins of schizophrenia: testable hypotheses of genetic and environmental influences Br J Psychiatry 184 2004 383 385
13. G. Harrison Association between schizophrenia and social inequality at birth: case-control study Br J Psychiatry 179 2001 346 350
14. W.H. James The incidence of superfecondation and of double paternity in the general population Acta Genet Medet Gemell 42 1993 257 262
15. U. Klaning, P.B. Mortensen, and K.O. Kyvik Increased occurrence of schizophrenia and other psychiatric illnesses among twins Br J Psychiatry 168 1996 688 692