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[A twin study of personality disorder heritability].
Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi - 1 Feb 2006
Ji Wen-yan, Hu Yong-hua, Huang Yue-qin, Cao Wei-hua, Lv Jun, Qin Ying, Pang Zeng-chang, Wang Shao-jie, Li Li-ming
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OBJECTIVE: To calculate heritabilities of personality disorders (PDs) in twin population. METHODS: Based on informed consent, we used Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire (fourth-version) as our screening tool to study the adult twins (aged 20 - 70 years) in Qingdao city. There were 324 twin pairs whose zygosity had been determined. Structural equation modeling was used to estimate the heritabilities by 242...
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