For individuals with psychotic spectrum disorders, including schizophrenia, multiple genetic liabilities (including diverse CNVs) and environmental exposures (biological and social) interact to alter neurodevelopmental trajectories.4,8,11
Abbreviations: CNV=copy number variant
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