Concordance for sex and the pseudoautosomal gene hypothesis revisited: No evidence of increased sex concordance in a nationwide finnish sample of siblings with paternally derived schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1365-1375

  Lichtermann, Dirk ^a   Hovatta, Iiris ^b   Terwilliger, Joseph D ^b   Peltonen, Leena ^b   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031686623     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.10.1365     Document Type: Article

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