Lifetime prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in twin pairs discordant for schizophrenia

Twin Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-32

  Lyons, Michael J ^a,b,c,d   Huppert, Jonathan ^a   Toomey, Rosemary ^b,c,d   Harley, Rebecca ^a   Goldberg, Jack ^e,f   Eisen, Seth ^g,h   True, William ^g,i   Faraone, Stephen V ^b,c   Tsuang, Ming T ^b,c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Harvard Inst Psychiat E   (United States)

^d Brockton VA ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f Hines VA Coop Studs Prog C   (United States)

^g Research and Medical Service   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Discordant; Mood disorders; Schizophrenia; Twins

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS;

EID: 0034108589     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.3.1.28     Document Type: Article

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