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Birth Weight and Length in Schizophrenics Personality Disorders and Their Siblings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Margaret G. Woerner ,
Max Pollack  and
Donald F. Klein
Margaret G. Woerner
Affiliation:
Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, N.Y.
Max Pollack
Affiliation:
Queens College, City University of New York and Hillside Hospital
Donald F. Klein
Affiliation:
Hillside Hospital
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Evidence from a detailed investigation and review of the literature on monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia indicates that the schizophrenic index case was lighter in weight at birth than his co-twin (Stabenau and Pollin, 1967). Lane and Albee (1966) reported that schizophrenic singletons were significantly lighter in birth weight than their sibs.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 545 , April 1971 , pp. 461 - 464
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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