Time for a shift in focus in schizophrenia: From narrow phenotypes to broad endophenotypes

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 187, Issue SEPT., 2005, Pages 203-205

  Weiser, Mark ^a,b,e   Van Os, Jim ^c,d   Davidson, Michael ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 24944577080     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.3.203     Document Type: Review

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