A high risk twin study of combat-related PTSD comorbidity

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 218-226

  Koenen, Karestan C ^a,b   Lyons, Michael J ^c,d,e   Goldberg, Jack ^f,g   Simpson, John ^d,h   Williams, Wesley M ^d   Toomey, Rosemary ^d,e   Eisen, Seth A ^h,i   True, William R ^h,j   Cloitre, Marylene ^l   Wolfe, Jessica ^a   Tsuang, Ming T ^d,e,k  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Harvard Inst Psychiat E/G   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Seattle VA ERIC/Vietnam Era Twin Registry   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l Harvard School of Public Health ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYSTHYMIA; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS; WAR;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBAT DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGISTRIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0038343331     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203765693870     Document Type: Article

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