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Prenatal life and post-natal psychopathology: evidence for negative gene–birth weight interaction
1 Oct 2002
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BACKGROUND: Many studies suggest that pregnancy and birth complications (PBCs) are environmental risk factors for child psychopathology. However, it is not known whether the effects of PBCs occur independently of genetic predisposition. The current study examined the possibility of gene-environment interaction in a twin design. METHOD: The East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey prospectively records the births of...
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