Minor physical anomalies in patients with schizophrenia, unaffected first-degree relatives, and healthy controls: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Xu, Ting ^a,b   Chan, Raymond C K ^a   Compton, Michael T ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENDOPHENOTYPES; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 80052520625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024129     Document Type: Article

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