An Independent Analysis of the Danish Adoption Study of Schizophrenia: VI. The Relationship Between Psychiatric Disorders as Defined by DSM-III in the Relatives and Adoptees

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1984, Pages 555-564

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   Gruenberg, Alan M ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Human Genetics Department of Medical College ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOPTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANUALS; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0021280380     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1984.01790170029004     Document Type: Article

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