Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions

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Year: 2019
Type: review
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Pages: 343-352
Citations: 2604
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                                    David M. Howard, 
                                
                                    Mark J. Adams, 
                                
                                    Toni‐Kim Clarke
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions. 
                            Nature Neuroscience
                            , 22
                            (3)
                            , 343-352.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-018-0326-7
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41593-018-0326-7