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Genetic repositories for the study of major psychiatric conditions: what do we know about ethnic minorities' genetic vulnerability?
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Oct 2010
Oquendo M A, Canino G, Lehner T, Licinio J
Abstract excerpt
In spite of considerable efforts, no genes of major effect have been found across an entire diagnostic category in psychiatry. Possible reasons for this may include difficulties in defining the phenotype, the complex relationship between genotype and gene expression and population stratification. This last problem has often been managed by restricting genetic sampling to only one ethnic group. An unintended...
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