title: Laterality in monozygotic schizophrenic twins: an alternative hypothesis.
abstract: Handedness in the NIMH monozygotic (MZ) schizophrenic twins was examined and compared to the report of Boklage. Both our findings and Boklage's suggest the existence of a subgroup of schizophrenics characterized by abnormal lateralization and a milder form of schizophrenia. However, unlike Boklage, we hypothesize that this subgroup of schizophrenics is not restricted to MZ twins.
mesh_terms: D001722:Birth Order; D001724:Birth Weight; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic