Genetics and Genomics of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Uddin, Monica ^a   Amstadter, Amanda B ^b   Nugent, Nicole R ^c   Koenen, Karestan C ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Epidemiology Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic variation; Gene expression; Gene environment interplay; Genetic variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923524396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195399066.013.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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