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A targeted sequencing study of glutamatergic candidate genes in suicide attempters with bipolar disorder.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Dec 2016
Gaynor Sophia C, Breen Marie E, Monson Eric T, de Klerk Kelly, Parsons Meredith, DeLuca Adam P, Scheetz Todd E, Zandi Peter P, Potash James B, Willour Virginia L
Abstract excerpt
Suicidal behavior has been shown to have a heritable component that is partly driven by psychiatric disorders [Brent and Mann, 2005]. However, there is also an independent factor contributing to the heritability of suicidal behavior. We previously conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of bipolar suicide attempters and bipolar non-attempters to assess this independent factor [Willour et al., 2012]. This...
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