Twin and adoption studies in child and adolescent psychiatric disorders

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 339-347

  Folstein, Susan ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; FOSTER CARE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; OBSESSION; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWINS;

EID: 0029829510     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199608000-00007     Document Type: Review

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