No clear genetic influences on the association between dyslexia and anxiety in a population-based sample of female twins

Dyslexia

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 282-290

  Whitehouse, Andrew J O ^a   Spector, Tim D ^b   Cherkas, Lynn F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Co morbidity; Dyslexia; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYSLEXIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANXIETY; DISEASES IN TWINS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 70350763991     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.378     Document Type: Article

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