Reproductive fitness in familial schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-160

  Bassett, Anne S ^a   Bury, Alison ^a   Hodgkinson, Kathleen A ^a   Honer, William G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertility; Mutation rate; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia spectrum; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030592327     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(96)00018-7     Document Type: Article

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