On Testing Two Theories Regarding the Genetic Makeup of Patients Suffering from Unipolar Affective Disorder.

Abstract

In a previous article, Cadoret, Woolson and Winokur (1977) considered two theories regarding the genetic makeup of patients suffering from unipolar affective disorder. (1) The 'qualitative' theory, which postulates that the genetic makeup of those afflicted early in life (under 40 years old), and those who are afflicted later (over 40) is somehow different, and (2) The 'quantitative' theory which maintains that there is a particular type of gene causing u.a.d., and that those who succumb earlier do so because they possess the gene in greater numbers. Using likelihood ratio techniques from order restricted interference, we analyze their data and compare the two analyses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA108330

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  • Giles Warrack
  • Tim Robertson

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  • University of Iowa

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Groups
  • Alcoholism
  • Algorithms
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Depression
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Distribution Theory
  • Genetics
  • Information Science
  • Military Research
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Statistics
  • Three Dimensional

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