Bipolar illness and schizophrenia as oligogenic diseases: Implications for the future

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 240-244

  Gershon, Elliot S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar illness; Common disease; Genetic counseling; Genetics; Oligogenic; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033968007     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(99)00299-1     Document Type: Review

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