Schizophrenia Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 121-130 , July 2010

The impact of a family history of psychosis on age-at-onset and positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia: A meta-analysis

  • Michelle L. Esterberg

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    • Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, 36 Eagle Row, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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  • Hanan D. Trotman

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    • Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, 36 Eagle Row, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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  • Carrie Holtzman

      Affiliations

    • Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, 36 Eagle Row, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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  • Michael T. Compton

      Affiliations

    • Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, United States
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  • Elaine F. Walker

      Affiliations

    • Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, 36 Eagle Row, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States

Received 19 September 2009 ,Revised 15 January 2010 ,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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PII: S0920-9964(10)00049-6

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.01.011

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 121-130 , July 2010

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