Psychiatry Research
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 215-221 , 15 December 2005

Dermatoglyphic anomalies and neurocognitive deficits in sibling pairs discordant for schizophrenia spectrum disorders

  • Araceli Rosa

      Affiliations

    • Unitat d'Antropologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 93 402 14 61.
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  • Manuel J. Cuesta

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Unit, Virgen del Camino Hospital, Irunlarrea s/n, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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  • Víctor Peralta

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Unit, Virgen del Camino Hospital, Irunlarrea s/n, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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  • Amalia Zarzuela

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Unit, Virgen del Camino Hospital, Irunlarrea s/n, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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  • Fermín Serrano

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Unit, Virgen del Camino Hospital, Irunlarrea s/n, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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  • Alfredo Martínez-Larrea

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Unit, Virgen del Camino Hospital, Irunlarrea s/n, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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  • Lourdes Fañanás

      Affiliations

    • Unitat d'Antropologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Received 23 January 2003 ,Revised 19 September 2004 ,Accepted 20 July 2005.

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PII: S0165-1781(05)00210-6

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.07.006

Psychiatry Research
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 215-221 , 15 December 2005

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