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The Genain quadruplets (born in 1930) are a set of identical quadruplet sisters. All four developed schizophrenia , suggesting a large genetic component to the cause of the disease. [ 1 ] The pseudonym Genain , used to protect the identity of the family, comes from the Greek , meaning dire (αἶνος) birth (γεν-). [ 1 ]
Doctors put the odds of having identical quadruplets at about one in 15 million. There are roughly 72 documented cases of spontaneous identical quadruplets in medical history.
The Page quadruplets (born 8 January 1890, in Redwater, Texas) were the first recorded quadruplets born in the United States. [11] [12] The Keys quadruplets (born 4 June 1915, in Hollis, Oklahoma) were the first same-sex quadruplets known to survive to adulthood. They attended Baylor University on scholarships and graduated in 1937. Roberta ...
A summary of the lives of the Morlokk girls, identical quadruplets, born in 1930.The book details the girls' history from birth, including chapters about their parents, various psychiatrists that had large impacts on them, and similar families.
A set of rare identical quadruplets can’t stop holding hands — and it's touching to watch. “They’re constantly reaching for each other,” Jonathan Sandhu, the babies’ dad, tells TODAY ...
More than 40 percent of all people with schizophrenia end up in supervised group housing, nursing homes or hospitals. Another 6 percent end up in jail, usually for misdemeanors or petty crimes, while an equal proportion end up on the streets. Among researchers, schizophrenia has long been known as the “graveyard of psychiatric research.”
The 65-year-old gave birth to a set of quadruplets in a Berlin hospital on Tuesday. Although. Annegret Raunigk already has 13 children and 7 grandchildren, which is quite an accomplishment ...
The St Neots quads are a set of quadruplets who were born in 1935 to Doris Miles, living in Eynesbury, in St Neots, [1] Huntingdonshire, England.A family doctor ensured that special attention was given to their care, and they were the first British quadruplets to survive more than a few days.