The diagnostic validity of melancholic major depression in a population- based sample of female twins

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-304

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Psychiat Genetics Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANCHOLIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWINS;

EID: 0030899023     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830160013002     Document Type: Article

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