A psychometric-genetic study of schizotypal disorder

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-64

  Battaglia, Marco ^a,b   Fossati, Andrea ^b,c   Torgersen, Svenn ^d   Bertella, Silvana ^a   Bajo, Sonia ^a   Maffei, Cesare ^a,b   Bellodi, Laura ^a   Smeraldi, Enrico ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^d Inst Psychol Ctr Res Clin P   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genetics; Latent class analysis; Schizophrenia; Schizotypal disorder; Schizotypy; Win studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; ITALY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 0033522425     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(98)00131-5     Document Type: Article

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