Phenotype matters: The case for careful characterization of relevant traits

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1096-1098

  Brzustowicz, Linda M ^a   Bassett, Anne S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDITORIAL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; COGNITION DISORDERS; GENOME; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 51349125233     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08060897     Document Type: Editorial

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