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Monoamine oxidase A and childhood adversity as risk factors for conduct disorder in females.
Psychological medicine - 1 Apr 2009
Prom-Wormley E C, Eaves L J, Foley D L, Gardner C O, Archer K J, Wormley B K, Maes H H, Riley B P, Silberg J L
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies among males have reported a genotype-environment interaction (GxE) in which low-activity alleles at the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) locus conferred greater sensitivity to the effects of childhood adversity on risk for conduct disorder (CD). So far, few studies of females have controlled for gene-environment correlation or used females heterozygous for this X-linked gene. METHOD: Logistic...
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