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Psychometric and genetic architecture of substance use disorder and behavioral disinhibition measures for gene association studies.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 2011
Hicks Brian M, Schalet Benjamin D, Malone Stephen M, Iacono William G, McGue Matt
Abstract excerpt
Using large twin, family, and adoption studies conducted at the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research, we describe our efforts to develop measures of substance use disorder (SUD) related phenotypes for targets in genome wide association analyses. Beginning with a diverse set of relatively narrow facet-level measures, we identified 5 constructs of intermediate complexity: nicotine, alcohol consumption,...
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