Schizophrenia as a Complex Trait: Evidence from a Meta-analysis of Twin Studies

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1187-1192

  Sullivan, Patrick F ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^b   Neale, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

DISEASES IN TWINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 0344305525     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.60.12.1187     Document Type: Article

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