A controlled family history study of childhood-onset depressive disorder

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 613-623

  Kovacs, Maria ^a   Devlin, Bernie ^a,b   Pollock, Myrna ^a   Richards, Cheryl ^a   Mukerji, Protap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY HISTORY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030801005     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830190033004     Document Type: Article

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