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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. Spontaneous means ...
A family in Texas has welcomed home all four of their rare identical quadruplets after the infants spent over three months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The sisters -- named Hannah ...
When Sadie Morlok gave birth to quadruplets in 1930, it made the papers in their town of Lansing, Michigan. Under the spotlight since birth, the legacy of the Morlok Quadruplets became intertwined ...
Remember that schizophrenia is an illness that varies with severity. Regarding posthumous diagnoses: only a few famous people are believed to have been affected by schizophrenia. Most of these listed have been diagnosed based on evidence in their own writings and contemporaneous accounts by those who knew them.
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.
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 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 ...