Article
Indicators of liability to schizophrenia: perspectives from genetic epidemiology.
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Jan 1994
Moldin S O
Abstract excerpt
Research in genetic epidemiology has provided powerful evidence that genetic factors contribute to the familial transmission of schizophrenia. However, the precise mode of inheritance has not been elucidated, and no disease-susceptibility locus has been identified. Genetically complex illnesses such as schizophrenia can be characterized by multiple intermediate correlated traits or risk factors that likely play...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child of Impaired Parents
- Computer Simulation
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Pedigree
