A continuum of genetic liability for minor and major depression

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Corfield, E C ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Martin, N G ^b   Nyholt, D R ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEF2C GENE; MINOR DEPRESSION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TMEM161B GENE; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; RISK;

EID: 85019488467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.99     Document Type: Article

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