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Case-control association study of TGOLN2 in attempted suicide.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Jul 2010
Mahon Pamela B, Stütz Adrian M, Seifuddin Fayaz, Huo Yuqing, Goes Fernando S, Jancic Dubravka, Judy Jennifer T, Depaulo J Raymond, Gershon Elliot S, McMahon Francis J, Zandi Peter P, Potash James B, Willour Virginia L
Abstract excerpt
Family, twin, and adoption studies provide convincing evidence for a genetic contribution to suicidal behavior. The heritability for suicidal behavior depends in part on the transmission of psychiatric disorders, such as mood disorders and substance use disorders, but is also partly independent of them. Three linkage studies using the attempted suicide phenotype in pedigrees with bipolar disorder, major...
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