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Examination of the causes of covariation between conduct disorder symptoms and vulnerability to drug dependence.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Feb 2006
Button Tanya M M, Hewitt John K, Rhee Soo Hyun, Young Susan E, Corley Robin P, Stallings Michael C
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Conduct disorder (CD) symptoms and substance dependence commonly co-occur. Both phenotypes are highly heritable and a common genetic influence on the covariation has been suggested. The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which genes and environment contribute to the covariance between CD and drug dependence using twins from the Colorado Longitudinal Twin Sample and the Colorado Twin Registry. A...
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