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Genetic risk variants for social anxiety.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Mar 2017
Stein Murray B, Chen Chia-Yen, Jain Sonia, Jensen Kevin P, He Feng, Heeringa Steven G, Kessler Ronald C, Maihofer Adam, Nock Matthew K, Ripke Stephan, Sun Xiaoying, Thomas Michael L, Ursano Robert J, Smoller Jordan W, Gelernter Joel
Abstract excerpt
Social anxiety is a neurobehavioral trait characterized by fear and reticence in social situations. Twin studies have shown that social anxiety has a heritable basis, shared with neuroticism and extraversion, but genetic studies have yet to demonstrate robust risk variants. We conducted genomewide association analysis (GWAS) of subjects within the Army Study To Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army...
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