A twin study of DSM‐III‐R anxiety disorders

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 85-92

  Skre, I ^a   Onstad, S ^a   Torgersen, S ^a   Lygren, S ^a   Kringlen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

anxiety; generalized anxiety disorder; panic disorder; twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TWINS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PANIC DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TERMINOLOGY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0027165011     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03419.x     Document Type: Article

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