Personality traits in unaffected twins discordant for affective disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 442-450

  Vinberg, M ^a   Mortensen, E L ^b   Kyvik, K O ^c   Kessing, L V ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Life change event; Mood disorders; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 34248355064     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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