Endophenotype: A conceptual analysis

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 789-797

  Kendler, K S ^a   Neale, M C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EP; genetics; intermediate phenotype; models of disease; psychiatric illness

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENDOPHENOTYPE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

ENDOPHENOTYPES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77955664334     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2010.8     Document Type: Review

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