High concordance of bipolar I disorder in a nationwide sample of twins

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1814-1821

  Kieseppä, Tuula ^a   Partonen, Timo ^b   Haukka, Jari ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

EID: 4744342062     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.161.10.1814     Document Type: Article

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