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Age at onset of psychotic disorder: Cannabis, BDNF Val66Met, and sex‐specific models of gene–environment interaction
8 Feb 2011
Abstract excerpt
Discovering modifiable predictors for age at onset may help to identify predictors of transition to psychotic disorder in the "at-risk mental state." Inconsistent effects of sex, BDNF Val66Met (rs6265), and cannabis use on age of onset were previously reported. BDNF Val66Met and cannabis use before illness onset were retrospectively assessed in a sample of 585 patients with schizophrenia and their association...
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