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Investigating the contribution of common genetic variants to the risk and pathogenesis of ADHD.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Feb 2012
Stergiakouli Evangelia, Hamshere Marian, Holmans Peter, Langley Kate, Zaharieva Irina, Hawi Ziarah, Kent Lindsey, Gill Michael, Williams Nigel, Owen Michael J, O'Donovan Michael, Thapar Anita
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A major motivation for seeking disease-associated genetic variation is to identify novel risk processes. Although rare copy number variants (CNVs) appear to contribute to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), common risk variants (single-nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs]) have not yet been detected using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). This raises the concern as to whether future...
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