Clinical indices of familial depression in the Swedish Twin Registry

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 214-220

  Kendler, K S ^a,d   Gatz, M ^b,c   Gardner, C O ^a   Pedersen, N L ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Depression; Genetics; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWINS;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 33846953600     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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