"A gene for...": The nature of gene action in psychiatric disorders

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1243-1252

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BULIMIA; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETICS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEREDITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 21344449777     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.7.1243     Document Type: Review

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