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Familial Association of Albinism and Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David J. Clarke  and
Mary E. Buckley
David J. Clarke*
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham Academic Unit, All Saints Hospital, Birmingham; Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham
Mary E. Buckley
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham Academic Unit, All Saints Hospital, Birmingham; Uffculme Clinic, Birmingham
*
∗Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH
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Abstract

Of three siblings in a family, one brother and one sister have both tyrosinase-negative oculocutaneous albinism and a psychotic disorder indistinguishable from schizophrenia. The two disorders may associate within families through genetic linkage or a failure of neurotransmitter homoeostasis.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 4 , October 1989 , pp. 551 - 553
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1989 

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