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Polygenic loading for major depression is associated with specific medical comorbidity.
Translational psychiatry - 19 Sept 2017
McCoy T H, Castro V M, Snapper L, Hart K, Januzzi J L, Huffman J C, Perlis R H
Abstract excerpt
Major depressive disorder frequently co-occurs with medical disorders, raising the possibility of shared genetic liability. Recent identification of 15 novel genetic loci associated with depression allows direct investigation of this question. In cohorts of individuals participating in biobanks at two academic medical centers, we calculated polygenic loading for risk loci reported to be associated with...
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