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FKBP5 genotype interacts with early life trauma to predict heavy drinking in college students.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Sept 2016
Lieberman Richard, Armeli Stephen, Scott Denise M, Kranzler Henry R, Tennen Howard, Covault Jonathan
Abstract excerpt
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is debilitating and costly. Identification and better understanding of risk factors influencing the development of AUD remain a research priority. Although early life exposure to trauma increases the risk of adulthood psychiatric disorders, including AUD, many individuals exposed to early life trauma do not develop psychopathology. Underlying genetic factors may contribute to...
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