EEG differences in monozygotic twins discordant and concordant for schizophrenia

Psychophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-117

  Stassen, Hans H ^a   Coppola, Richard ^b   Gottesman, Irving I ^c   Torrey, E Fuller ^b   Kuny, Stephan ^a   Rickler, Kenneth C ^b   Hell, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concordance; Discrimination; EEG; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032900118     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577299970713     Document Type: Article

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