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Twin studies in psychotic disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2011

Marcella Bellani ,
Corrado Fagnani  and
Paolo Brambilla
Marcella Bellani*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona (Italy) Inter-University Centre of Behavioural Neurosciences (ICBN), University of Verona, Verona and University of Udine, Udine (Italy) CERT-BD, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina(USA)
Corrado Fagnani
Affiliation:
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome (Italy)
Paolo Brambilla
Affiliation:
Inter-University Centre of Behavioural Neurosciences (ICBN), University of Verona, Verona and University of Udine, Udine (Italy) Section of Psychiatry, Department of Pathology and Experimental & Clinical Medicine, University of Udine, Udine (Italy) Scientific Institute‘E.Medea’, Udine (Italy) CERT-BD, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina(USA)
*
Address for correspondence: Dr. M. Bellani, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, PiazzaleL.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona (Italy). Fax: +39-045-585.871 E-mail: marcella.bellani@univr.it
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Keywords

twin studiespsychotic disordersadditive genetic effect
Type
Neurobiology of Psychosis. Clinical and Psychosocial Implications
Information
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , September 2009 , pp. 195 - 199
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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