Increased frequency of micronuclei in adults with a history of childhood sexual abuse: a discordant monozygotic twin study.

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a traumatic life event associated with an increased lifetime risk for psychopathology/morbidity. The long-term biological consequences of CSA-elicited stress on chromosomal stability in adults are unknown. The primary aim of this study was to determine if the rate of...

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Main Authors: Timothy P York, Jenni Brumelle, Jane Juusola, Kenneth S Kendler, Lindon J Eaves, Ananda B Amstadter, Steven H Aggen, Kimberly H Jones, Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, Colleen Jackson-Cook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3559336?pdf=render