Irish study of high-density schizophrenia families: Field methods and power to detect linkage

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-190

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   O'Neill, F Anthony ^b   Burke, John ^c,d   Murphy, Bernadette ^c   Duke, Fiona ^b   Straub, Richard E ^a   Shinkwin, Rosemary ^c   Nuallain, Mairin Ni ^c   MacLean, Charles J ^a   Walsh, Dermot ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Linkage analysis; Multiplex pedigree; Susceptibility loci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; HUMANS; IRELAND; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0029983060     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960409)67:2<179::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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