Article
Longitudinal population-based twin study of retrospectively reported premenstrual symptoms and lifetime major depression.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Sept 1998
Kendler K S, Karkowski L M, Corey L A, Neale M C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: While family and twin studies suggest that retrospectively reported premenstrual symptoms are heritable, these studies have not accounted for the unreliability of such measures. In addition, we know little about the relationship of the familial risk factors for premenstrual symptoms an...
Topics
- Adult
- Analysis of Variance
- Comorbidity
- Depressive Disorder
- Diseases in Twins
- Factor Analysis, Statistical
- Female
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Middle Aged
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Premenstrual Syndrome
- Registries
- Retrospective Studies
- Severity of Illness Index
- Twins, Dizygotic
- Twins, Monozygotic