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Maternal posttraumatic stress and FKBP5 Genotype interact to predict trauma-related symptoms in preschool-age offspring.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Sept 2021
Pereira Destiny M B Printz, Grasso Damion J, Hodgkinson Colin A, McCarthy Kimberly J, Wakschlag Lauren S, Briggs-Gowan Margaret J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Children of parents with posttraumatic stress (PTS) face heightened risk for developing emotional and behavioral problems, regardless of whether they experience a traumatic event themselves. The current study investigates whether child FKBP5, a stress relevant gene shown to interact with child trauma exposure to increase risk for PTS, also moderates the well-established link between maternal PTS and...
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