Journal article
Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs
Abstract
Naomi Wray and colleagues report an analysis of genome-wide association data sets from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium for five psychiatric disorders. They find that common variation explains 17–29% of the variance in liability and provide further support for a shared genetic etiology for these related psychiatric disorders.
Authors
Lee SH; Ripke S; Neale BM; Faraone SV; Purcell SM; Perlis RH; Mowry BJ; Thapar A; Goddard ME; Witte JS
Journal
Nature Genetics, Vol. 45, No. 9, pp. 984–994
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 2013
DOI
10.1038/ng.2711
ISSN
1061-4036
Fields of Research (FoR)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AdultAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityBipolar DisorderChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveCrohn DiseaseDepressive Disorder, MajorGenetic HeterogeneityGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome, HumanGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansInheritance PatternsMental DisordersPolymorphism, Single NucleotideSchizophrenia