Methodological issues in molecular genetic studies of mental disorders

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 49-69

  Bearden, Carrie E ^a   Jasinska, Anna J ^a   Freimer, Nelson B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Copy number variation; Endophenotype; Genomewide association study (GWAS)

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MENTAL DISORDERS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 67650139549     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.032408.153545     Document Type: Review

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