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Charting the Landscape of Genetic Overlap Between Mental Disorders and Related Traits Beyond Genetic Correlation.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Nov 2022
Hindley Guy, Frei Oleksandr, Shadrin Alexey A, Cheng Weiqiu, O'Connell Kevin S, Icick Romain, Parker Nadine, Bahrami Shahram, Karadag Naz, Roelfs Daniel, Holen Børge, Lin Aihua, Fan Chun C, Djurovic Srdjan, Dale Anders M, Smeland Olav B, Andreassen Ole A
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OBJECTIVE: Mental disorders are heritable and polygenic, and genome-wide genetic correlations (rg) have indicated widespread shared genetic risk across multiple disorders and related traits, mirroring their overlapping clinical characteristics. However, rg may underestimate the shared genetic underpinnings of mental disorders and related traits because it does not differentiate mixtures of concordant and...
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