Identification of the phenotype in psychiatric genetics.

doi:10.1007/BF02190719

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Identification of the phenotype in psychiatric genetics.

European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Jan 1993

Tsuang M T, Faraone S V, Lyons M J

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Statistical procedures and molecular genetic techniques have attained a fine degree of resolution. Their ability to find disease genes has revolutionized medicine and raised hopes for breakthroughs in psychiatry. However, such breakthroughs may require an equally discriminating nosology. A psychi...

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False Positive Reactions
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Mental Disorders
Phenotype

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