Age-specific familial risks of psychotic disorders and schizophrenia: A nation-wide epidemiological study from Sweden

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 43-50

  Li, Xinjun ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a,b   Sundquist, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial risk; Genetics; Hereditary factors; Psychotic disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FATHER; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 36048955116     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.09.027     Document Type: Article

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