First Genome-Wide Association Study on Anxiety-Related Behaviours in Childhood

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Trzaskowski, Maciej ^a   Eley, Thalia C ^a   Davis, Oliver S P ^a   Doherty, Sophia J ^a   Hanscombe, Ken B ^a   Meaburn, Emma L ^b   Haworth, Claire M A ^a   Price, Thomas ^a   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DNA MARKER; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PARENTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84875685020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058676     Document Type: Article

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