Validity of the family history method for identifying schizophrenia- related disorders

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-48

  Li, Ge ^a   Silverman, Jeremy M ^b,c   Smith, Christopher J ^b,c   Zaccario, Michele L ^c   Wentzel Bell, Cecilia ^c   Siever, Larry J ^b,c   Mohs, Richard C ^b,c   Davis, Kenneth L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial aggregation; Genetic epidemiology; Schizo affective disorders; Schizophrenia; Schizotypal personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030993193     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)03120-X     Document Type: Article

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