Does intra-uterine growth discordance predict differential risk for adult psychiatric disorder in a population-based sample of monozygotic twins?

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Foley, D L ^b   Neale, M C ^b   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Anorexia nervosa; Anxiety disorders; Birth weight; Bulimia; Depression; Monozygotic twins; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BULIMIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PANIC; PHOBIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; UTERUS;

EID: 0034129356     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200010010-00001     Document Type: Article

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