Question 147 · LEK · Schizophrenia
In a monozygotic twin of the patient with schizophrenia, the risk for developing the disease approximates:
- A. 20%.
- B. 30%.
- C. 50%.
- D. 70%.
- E. 80%.
Hint
Concordance in identical twins is well below 100%, showing that environment matters alongside genes.
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