The child and adolescent twin study in Sweden (CATSS)

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 495-508

  Anckarsäter, Henrik ^a,b   Lundström, Sebastian ^b,c   Kollberg, Linnea ^d   Kerekes, Nora ^a,c   Palm, Camilla ^d   Carlström, Eva ^d   Långström, Niklas ^c,d   Magnusson, Patrik K E ^d   Halldner, Linda ^d   Bölte, Sven ^d   Gillberg, Christopher ^a,e   Gumpert, Clara ^d   Råstam, Maria ^a,b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Prison and Probation Service   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age at onset; childhood; epidemiology; genetics; neuropsychiatry; twins

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDUCT DISORDER; COORDINATION DISORDER; EATING DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWEDEN; TIC; TWINS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PARENT; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84860829988     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.14.6.495     Document Type: Article

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