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Probing the genetic and molecular correlates of connectome alterations in obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Fig. 1: Proposed data analysis.

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  1. Departamento de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil

    Leonardo Cardoso Saraiva

  2. Center of Mathematics, Computing and Cognition (CMCC), Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brasil

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  3. Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States

    Carolina Cappi

  4. Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States

    Carolina Cappi

  5. The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States

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Saraiva, L.C., Sato, J.R. & Cappi, C. Probing the genetic and molecular correlates of connectome alterations in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Mol Psychiatry 27, 3558–3559 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01590-y

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