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Susceptibility loci for bipolar disorder: overlap with inherited vulnerability to schizophrenia.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Feb 2000
Berrettini W H
Abstract excerpt
Genetic epidemiological studies reveal that relatives of bipolar probands are at increased risk for recurrent unipolar, bipolar, and schizoaffective disorders, whereas relatives of probands with schizophrenia are at increased risk for schizophrenia, schizoaffective, and recurrent unipolar disorders. The overlap in familial risk may reflect shared genetic susceptibility. Recent genetic linkage studies have defined...
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