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A pilot genome wide association and gene expression array study of suicide with and without major depression.
The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry - 1 Dec 2013
Galfalvy Hanga, Zalsman Gil, Huang Yung-Yu, Murphy Lauren, Rosoklija Gorazd, Dwork Andrew J, Haghighi Fatima, Arango Victoria, Mann J John
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OBJECTIVES: Suicide is partly heritable but the responsible genes have not been identified. We conducted a gene-centric, low coverage single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) pilot genome-wide association study (GWAS) seeking new candidate regions in suicides with and without depression, combined with gene expression assay of brain tissue. METHODS: Ninety-nine Caucasian subjects, including 68 who completed suicide...
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