Morbid risk of schizophrenia in first-degree relatives of White and African-Caribbean patients with psychosis

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 776-780

  Hutchinson, G ^a   Takei, N ^a   Fahy, T A ^d   Bhugra, D ^a   Gilvarry, C ^a   Moran, P ^d   Mallett, R ^b   Sham, P ^a   Leff, J ^b   Murray, R M ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0029913969     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.6.776     Document Type: Article

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