Epigenome-wide association of PTSD from heterogeneous cohorts with a common multi-site analysis pipeline

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 619-630

  Ratanatharathorn, Andrew ^a   Boks, Marco P ^b   Maihofer, Adam X ^c   Aiello, Allison E ^d   Amstadter, Ananda B ^e   Ashley Koch, Allison E ^f   Baker, Dewleen G ^c,g,h   Beckham, Jean C ^i,j,k   Bromet, Evelyn ^l   Dennis, Michelle ^i,k   Garrett, Melanie E ^f   Geuze, Elbert ^b,m   Guffanti, Guia ^n,o   Hauser, Michael A ^f   Kilaru, Varun ^p   Kimbrel, Nathan A ^i,j,k   Koenen, Karestan C ^o,q,r   Kuan, Pei Fen ^s   Logue, Mark W ^t,u   Luft, Benjamin J ^l   Miller, Mark W ^t,u   Mitchell, Colter ^v   Nugent, Nicole R ^w   Ressler, Kerry J ^n,o,p   Rutten, Bart P F ^x   Stein, Murray B ^c,g,y   Vermetten, Eric ^b,m,z,aa   Vinkers, Christiaan H ^b   Youssef, Nagy A ^ab   Uddin, Monica ^ac   Nievergelt, Caroline M ^c,g,h   Smith, Alicia K ^p   more..

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^j DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^m Ministerie van Defensie   (Netherlands)

ⁿ MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^p EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^s Stony Brook University   (United States)

^t BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^u VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^w BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^y UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^z LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^aa ARQ PSYCHOTRAUMA EXPERT GROUP   (Netherlands)

^ab MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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Author keywords

EWAS; meta analysis; stress; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85023187412     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32568     Document Type: Article

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