Genetic mediation of the correlation between peripheral nerve conduction velocity and IQ

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-98

  Rijsdijk, F V ^a,b   Boomsma, D I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

heritability; intelligence; maturation; Median nerve; twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; TWINS;

EID: 0030911798     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025600423013     Document Type: Article

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