A putative causal relationship between genetically determined female body shape and posttraumatic stress disorder

Genome Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Polimanti, Renato ^a   Amstadter, Ananda B ^b   Stein, Murray B ^c,d,w   Almli, Lynn M ^e   Baker, Dewleen G ^c,d,w   Bierut, Laura J ^f   Bradley, Bekh ^e,g   Farrer, Lindsay A ^h   Johnson, Eric O ⁱ   King, Anthony ^j   Kranzler, Henry R ^k   Maihofer, Adam X ^c   Rice, John P ^f   Roberts, Andrea L ^l   Saccone, Nancy L ^f   Zhao, Hongyu ^m   Liberzon, Israel ^j,n   Nievergelt, Caroline M ^c,d,w   Koenen, Karestan C ^l,q,r   Gelernter, Joel ^a   Duncan, Laramie E ^q,r,s   Chen, Chia Yen ^o,q   Ratanatharathorn, Andrew ^t   Aiello, Allison E ^u   Ashley Koch, Allison E ^v   Garrett, Melanie E ^v   Hauser, Michael A ^v   Beckham, Jean C ^v,x   Kimbrel, Nathan A ^v,x   Bisson, Jonathan ^y   Dalvie, Shareefa ^z   Galea, Sandro ^aa   Guffanti, Guia ^o,p   Ressler, Kerry J ^o,p   Kessler, Ronald C ^o   Koen, Nastassja ^z,ab   Stein, Daniel J ^z,ab   Logue, Mark W ^h,ac   Miller, Mark W ^h,ac   Martin, Alicia R ^q   Morey, Rajendra A ^v,ad   Nugent, Nicole R ^ae,af   Ripke, Stephan ^q,ag   Smoller, Jordan W ^q   Sumner, Jennifer A ^ah   Uddin, Monica ^ai   Ursano, Robert J ^aj   Wildman, Derek E ^ai   Yehuda, Rachel ^ak   Daly, Mark J ^q   more..

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^l HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^m YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^o HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^p MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^q MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^s STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t Duke University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

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

^v DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^x DURHAM VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^y CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^z UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^aa BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^ac VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ad DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ae RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^af BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ag CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^ah Department of Medicine   (United States)

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

^aj UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^ak MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Anthropometric traits; Genetics; Trauma; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FEMALE BODY SHAPE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEIOTROPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRY; REPRODUCTION; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCTION; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85034975726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-017-0491-4     Document Type: Article

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