Neurological soft-signs and minor physical anomalies in schizophrenia: Differential transmission within families

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 181-187

  Gourion, David ^a   Goldberger, Céline ^a   Bourdel, Marie Chantal ^a   Bayle, Frank Jean ^a   Millet, Bruno ^a   Olie, Jean Pierre ^a   Krebs, Marie Odile ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dysmorphogenesis; Familial inheritance; Neurodevelopment; Phenotypes; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0042206785     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00333-X     Document Type: Article

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