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Predicting post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans: interaction of traumatic load with COMT gene variation.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Dec 2013
Clark Rachel, DeYoung Colin G, Sponheim Scott R, Bender Tricia L, Polusny Melissa A, Erbes Christopher R, Arbisi Paul A
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BACKGROUND: Because post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by definition can occur only after exposure to a traumatic event, military veterans who are at high risk for trauma exposure are a particularly relevant population for studying the interaction of trauma with genetic factors that may predispose for the disorder. A number of studies have implicated specific genes as possible risk factors in developing PTSD,...
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