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Diagnosis of Schizophrenia in Latino Populations. A Comparison of Direct Interview and Consensus Based Multi-Source Methods
(Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2009;197: 530–535, 2009-07)
We determined the rates of agreement between diagnoses, using
the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS) and diagnoses arrived
at, using additional sources of information, to establish whether there are
differences ...
Heritability of Age of Onset of Psychosis in Schizophrenia
(AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B, 2009-04)
Schizophrenia is a genetically complex illness with heterogeneous clinical presentation, including variable age ofonset. In this study, the heritability, or proportion of variation in age of onset of psychotic symptoms due ...
The epsin 4 gene is associated with psychotic disorders in families of Latin American origin
(Schizophrenia Research vol. 106, num 2 (2008) 253–257, 2008-10-20)
This study attempted to replicate evidence for association of the Epsin 4 gene (which encodes
enthoprotin, a protein involved in vesicular transport) to schizophrenia in a new sample of
families segregating schizophrenia ...
The serotonin transporter 5-HTTPR polymorphism is associated with current and lifetime depression in persons with chronic psychotic disorders
(Acta Psychiatr Scand 2009: 119: 117–127, 2009-01-11)
Objective: Variation in the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4)
promoter region has been shown to influence depression in persons
who have been exposed to a number of stressful life events.
Method: We evaluated whether ...