Selecting a control group in studies of the familial coaggregation of two disorders: A quantitative genetics perspective

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 296-303

  Roy, Marc André ^a,c   Neale, Michael C ^b   Kendler, Kenneth S ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; Coaggregation; Comorbidity; Depression; Family studies; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030965075     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970531)74:3<296::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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