Neurobehavioral deficits in offspring of schizophrenic parents: Liability indicators and predictors of illness

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-71

  Erlenmeyer Kimling, L ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic liability indicators; High risk research; Neurobehavioral deficits; Offspring of schizophrenic parents

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; GENETICS; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0034058161     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(200021)97:1<65::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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