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Polygenic Risk of Psychiatric Disorders Exhibits Cross-trait Associations in Electronic Health Record Data From European Ancestry Individuals.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Feb 2021
Kember Rachel L, Merikangas Alison K, Verma Shefali S, Verma Anurag, Judy Renae, Damrauer Scott M, Ritchie Marylyn D, Rader Daniel J, Bućan Maja
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BACKGROUND: Prediction of disease risk is a key component of precision medicine. Common traits such as psychiatric disorders have a complex polygenic architecture, making the identification of a single risk predictor difficult. Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) denoting the sum of an individual's genetic liability for a disorder are a promising biomarker for psychiatric disorders, but they require evaluation in a...
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