The genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia in a Finnish twin cohort: A population-based modeling study

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-74

  Cannon, Tyrone D ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b   Lönnqvist, Joufeo ^d   Huttunen, Matti ^d   Koskenvuo, Markhu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031939076     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.1.67     Document Type: Article

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