Large Scale Genetic Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders in African Populations is Needed

EBioMedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1259-1261

  Dalvie, Shareefa ^a   Koen, Nastassja ^a,b   Duncan, Laramie ^c,d   Abbo, Catherine ^e   Akena, Dickens ^e   Atwoli, Lukoye ^f   Chiliza, Bonginkosi ^g   Donald, Kirsten A ^a   Kinyanda, Eugene ^e,h   Lochner, Christine ^b,g   Mall, Sumaya ^a   Nakasujja, Noeline ^e   Newton, Charles R ^i,j   Ramesar, Raj ^a   Sibeko, Goodman ^a   Teferra, Solomon ^k   Stein, Dan J ^a,b   Koenen, Karestan C ^c,d,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^h MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^l HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCIENTIST; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRAINING; BLACK PERSON; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84949747360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.10.002     Document Type: Note

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