The genetics of obsessive compulsive disorder: A review of the evidence

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-139

  Pauls, David L ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 43949132131     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: 15524876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30168     Document Type: Review

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