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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.11.912

A study of identical twins who developed schizophrenic reactions simultaneously is presented. The vulnerability of the twins to schizophrenia is not explained by the data, but it is suggested that the symbiotic relationship existing between the two, was responsible for the coincidence of the two psychotic processes.

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