New insights and perspectives on the genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Gwyneth Zai1, Csaba Barta, Danielle Cath

  • 1Neurogenetics Section, Molecular Brain Science Department, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Department of Psychiatry Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Institute of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Groningen University and University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Psychiatry, The Netherlands Drenthe Mental Health Institute, Department of Specialist Training, The Netherlands Department of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia & Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry South West Sydney, Ingham Institute and Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, Switzerland Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Psychiatric Genetics
|August 30, 2019
PubMed

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