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A Swedish national twin study of lifetime major depression.

The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Jan 2006

Kendler Kenneth S, Gatz Margaret, Gardner Charles O, Pedersen Nancy L

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OBJECTIVE: Substantial evidence supports the heritability of lifetime major depression. Less clear is whether genetic influences in major depression are more important in women than in men and whether genetic risk factors are the same in the two sexes. It is not known whether genetic effects on m...

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PMID: 16390897
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.163.1.109

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