A Majority of Schizophrenia Cases Are Diagnosed Before Age 10

question 50

True/False

A majority of schizophrenia cases are diagnosed before age 10.

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Definitions:

Monozygotic Twins

Twins who originate from a single fertilized egg, making them genetically identical.

Fertilized Egg

A cell formed by the union of a male gamete (sperm) and a female gamete (egg), marking the beginning of embryonic development.

Embryos

Early stages of development in multicellular organisms after fertilization and before becoming fetuses.

Heritability

A statistic used in genetics to estimate the degree to which variation in a trait within a population is due to genetic differences among individuals.