Familial Aggregation of Illness Chronicity in Recurrent, Early-Onset Major Depression Pedigrees

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OBJECTIVE: The authors used a large sample collected for genetic studies to determine whether a chronic course of illness defines a familial clinical subtype in major depressive disorder. METHOD: A measure of lifetime chronicity of depressive symptoms (substantial mood symptoms most or all of the time) was tested for familial aggregation in 638 pedigrees from the Genetics of Recurrent Early-Onset Depression...

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