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A Report on a Pair of Male Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David A. MacSweeney
David A. MacSweeney*
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Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, M.R.C. Laboratories, Carshalton and Greenbank, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey. University of London
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Pollin et al. (12) found that in a series of 11 monozygotic twins (MZ) discordant for schizophrenia all of the index twins weighed less at birth, 8 of the index twins were second- born and 7 out of the 11 mothers had varying thyroid pathology ‘of clinical significance’. The following report is probably the first giving details of investigations into a pair of MZ twins who were given thyroid extract during the neonatal period because of failure to make normal progress.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 532 , March 1970 , pp. 315 - 322
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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