Generalised Anxiety Disorder--A Twin Study of Genetic Architecture, Genome-Wide Association and Differential Gene Expression.

Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a common anxiety-related diagnosis, affecting approximately 5% of the adult population. One characteristic of GAD is a high degree of anxiety sensitivity (AS), a personality trait which describes the fear of arousal-related sensations. Here we present a genome-w...

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Main Authors: Matthew N Davies, Serena Verdi, Andrea Burri, Maciej Trzaskowski, Minyoung Lee, John M Hettema, Rick Jansen, Dorret I Boomsma, Tim D Spector
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4537268?pdf=render