Heritability of schizophrenia and major affective disorder as a function of age, in the presence of strong cohort effects

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 222-229

  Husted, J ^d   Greenwood, C M T ^a,b   Bassett, A S ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Cohort effect; Heredity; Mood disorders; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HERITABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; COHORT EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33745594308     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-005-0629-z     Document Type: Article

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