The Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia: differences in somatic diseases and conditions between adoptees with high or low genetic risk for schizophrenia spectrum disorders

CONCLUSION: The significant prevalence of genitourinary diseases in adoptees at risk for schizophrenia spectrum disorders suggests that some specific somatic diseases and schizophrenia may have a shared hereditary etiology. More research is required for specific somatic diseases in study populations that can differentiate between the effects of genetic and environmental factors.PMID:38456792 | DOI:10.1080/08039488.2024.2322495
Source: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research