Psychology A-Level
Genetic vulnerability and concordance rates
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Schizophrenia runs in families, with Gottesman finding concordance of 48% for identical twins, 17% for fraternal twins and 9% for siblings, against roughly 1% in the population.
Topics that use Genetic vulnerability and concordance rates
- Schizophrenia (AQA A-Level)
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