Nightmares: Familial aggregation and association with psychiatric disorders in a nationwide twin cohort

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-336

  Hublin, Christer ^a,b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,c   Partinen, Markku ^a,b   Koskenvuo, Markku ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Genetics; Longitudinal studies; Nightmare; Psychiatry; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NIGHTMARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISEASES IN TWINS; DREAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033588248     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990820)88:4<329::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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