A hospital-based twin register of the heritability of DSM-IV unipolar depression

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-136

  McGuffin, Peter ^a   Katz, Randy ^b   Watkins, Sarah ^a   Rutherford, Joan ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Ridgewood Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWINS;

EID: 0030040316     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830020047006     Document Type: Article

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