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Genetic and childhood trauma interaction effect on age of onset in bipolar disorder: An exploratory analysis.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Jul 2015
Anand Amit, Koller Daniel L, Lawson William B, Gershon Elliot S, Nurnberger John I
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INTRODUCTION: This study investigated whether early life trauma mediates genetic effects on the age at onset (AAO) of bipolar disorder. METHOD: Data from the BiGS Consortium case samples (N=1119) were used. Childhood traumatic events were documented using the Childhood Life Events Scale (CLES). Interaction between occurrence of childhood trauma and common genetic variants throughout the genome was tested to...
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