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Genetic Studies in Schizoaffective Illness

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The group of schizoaffective illnesses raises some important nosological problems in defining the eventual relationship “between schizophrenic and manic depressive illnesses.

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Mendlewicz, J. (1977). Genetic Studies in Schizoaffective Illness. In: Gershon, E.S., Belmaker, R.H., Kety, S.S., Rosenbaum, M. (eds) The Impact of Biology on Modern Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0778-5_17

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