Schizophrenia in the genetic isolate of Finland

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-360

  Hovatta, Iiris ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age corrected lifetime risk; Genetic epidemiology; Lifetime prevalence; Risk for siblings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; PENSIONS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030876847     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970725)74:4<353::AID-AJMG3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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