Peripheral blood transcriptome profiles in Nepali child soldiers and civilians.

ABSTRACT: Analysis of transcript abundance estimates as a function of child soldier status, PTSD symptoms, and psychological resilience. Gene expression profiling was conducted on dried blood spot (DBS) samples collected from community dwelling adolescents and young adults in Nepal. Approximatley half of the sample were former child soldiers in the Nepal People's War and the other half were demographically similiar civilian non-combatants. In addition to basic demographic characteristics (age, sex, ethnic minority status, social caste status, education level), participants were also assessed on syptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS, assessed by a culturally adapted version of The Child PTSD Symptom Scale; Kohrt BA, et al. (2011) Validation of cross-cultural child mental health and psychosocial res

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Steve Cole 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-77164 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress