A possible association between the genetic predisposition for dizygotic twinning and schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-35

  Kläning, Ulla ^a   Bøcker Pedersen, Carsten ^b   Bo Mortensen, Preben ^b   Ohm Kyvik, Kirsten ^c   Skytthe, Axel ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dizygotic twins; Genes; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036843082     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(01)00343-7     Document Type: Article

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