Clinical and methodological factors related to reliability of the best- estimate diagnostic procedure

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1726-1733

  Roy, M A ^a   Lanctot G ^a   Merette C ^a   Fournier, J P ^a   Boutin, P ^a   Rodrigue, C ^a   Charron, L ^a   Turgeon, M ^a   Hamel, M ^a   Montgrain, N ^a   Nicole, L ^a   Pires A ^a   Wallot, H ^a   Ponton, A M ^a   Garneau, Y ^a   Dion, C ^a   Lavallee J C ^a   Potvin, A ^a   Szatmari, P ^a   Maziade, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030719965     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.12.1726     Document Type: Article

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