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Genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorders: new findings and challenges.
Brain & development - 1 Dec 2003
Grados Marco A, Walkup John, Walford Samuel
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A review of the current state of research in the genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is presented. OCD is a neuropsychiatric condition that affects 1-2% of the population and often has an early age at onset of symptoms. OCD has been shown to be familial, and a major gene effect has been reported. However, phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity of OCD poses multiple challenges for locating susceptibility...
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