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Genetic correlation of antisocial behaviour with alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis use.
Drug and alcohol dependence - 1 Jun 2018
Tielbeek Jorim J, Vink Jacqueline M, Polderman Tinca J C, Popma Arne, Posthuma Danielle, Verweij Karin J H
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BACKGROUND: There is high comorbidity between antisocial behaviour (ASB) and substance use, and twin studies have shown that part of the covariation is due to overlapping genetic influences. Here we used measured genetic effects to estimate the genetic correlations of ASB with nicotine, alcohol, and cannabis use. METHODS: We meta-analysed data from two genome-wide association studies for ASB and used existing...
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