Genetics of anxiety disorders: Genetic epidemiological and molecular studies in humans

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 388-401

  Shimada Sugimoto, Mihoko ^a   Otowa, Takeshi ^a   Hettema, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; epidemiology; epigenetic; gene environmental interaction; genetic

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY; GENE LOCUS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PANIC; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EPIGENOMICS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS;

EID: 84935690793     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12291     Document Type: Review

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