Limiting clinical heterogeneity in schizophrenia : can affected Xhosa sib pairs provide valid subtypes?

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dc.contributor.advisorEmsley, R. A.
dc.contributor.advisorJordaan, E.
dc.contributor.authorNiehaus, Daniel Jan Hendriken_ZA
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Health Sciences. Dept. of Psychiatry.
dc.date.accessioned2006-11-13T09:21:08Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T08:21:30Z
dc.date.available2006-11-13T09:21:08Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T08:21:30Z
dc.date.issued2005-12en_ZA
dc.descriptionThesis (DMed (Psychiatry))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder, which has been shown to have both environmental and genetic risk factors. Since family history (genetic loading) of psychosis appears to be one of the strongest risk factors for the development of schizophrenia, the investigation of affected sib pairs can be used to explore shared familial factors. The Xhosa-speaking inhabitants in the Western, Eastern and Southern Cape provinces, an African population of relatively homogeneous ethnicity, provided a sample of the first large clinical phenotype of schizophrenia. AIM The main aim of this study was to identify shared symptoms or symptom clusters in a sample of Xhosa-speaking sib pairs, with the aid of structured assessment tools.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1435
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherStellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Stellenbosch
dc.subjectSchizophrenia -- South Africa -- Genetic aspectsen
dc.subjectXhosa (African people) -- Mental health -- South Africaen
dc.subjectDissertations -- Psychiatryen
dc.subjectTheses -- Psychiatryen
dc.titleLimiting clinical heterogeneity in schizophrenia : can affected Xhosa sib pairs provide valid subtypes?en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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