Influence of parental consanguineous marriages on age at onset of bipolar disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 327-328

  Saadat, Mostafa ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Bipolar disorder; Consanguinity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONSANGUINITY; HUMANS; IRAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MARRIAGE; PARENTS;

EID: 84868126606     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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