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Recent advances in the genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Current psychiatry reports - 1 Aug 2009
Samuels Jack F
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This article reviews recent developments in understanding the genetic etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Family studies provide further support for the familial aggregation of OCD. Genome-wide linkage studies indicate that specific chromosomal regions are linked to OCD. Moreover, results from recent molecular genetic studies suggest that several candidate genes are associated with OCD. However,...
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