Evidence for the multigenic inheritance of schizophrenia

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 794-800

  Freedman, Robert ^a   Leonard, Sherry ^a,b   Olincy, Ann ^a,b,c   Kaufmann, Charles A ^a   Malaspina, Dolores ^a,b,c,d,e   Robert Cloninger, C ^a,b,c,d,e   Svrakic, Dragan ^a,b   Faraone, Stephen V ^a   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Chromosomes human pair 6, 10, and 15; Genetics; Linkage analysis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10P; CHROMOSOME 15Q; ETHNOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; FAMILY HEALTH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0035829977     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10100     Document Type: Article

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