Dissecting the phenotype in genome-wide association studies of psychiatric illness

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-99

  Craddock, Nick ^a   Kendler, Kenneth ^b   Neale, Michael ^b   Nurnberger, John ^c   Purcell, Shaun ^d,e   Rietschel, Marcella ^f   Perlis, Roy ^d   Santangelo, Susan L ^d,g   Schulze, Thomas ^f,h   Smoller, Jordan W ^d,g   Thapar, Anita ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 6; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 68549130644     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.063156     Document Type: Review

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