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Can It Change Posted: 12-11-07 00:45am


Hi just wondering can someone who is schizophenic 'pass' down the genes to a family member let say the mom who is a schizophenic can she pass it to a her child, not schizophenic but bi-polar instead?

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Posted: 12-17-07 12:00pm


Yep- however, it's a slightly higher risk. Not a sure thing. In the DSM-IV, it states that there seems to be a slightly higher risk for schizophrenia for siblings and children of people with schizophrenia, and I think for bipolar disorder as well. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/e ntrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt= AbstractPlus&list_uids=16319375

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