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Mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity in bipolar affective disorder.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Jul 2000
McMahon F J, Chen Y S, Patel S, Kokoszka J, Brown M D, Torroni A, DePaulo J R, Wallace D C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Point mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are one mechanism that could explain the apparent excess maternal transmission of bipolar affective disorder observed in some families. The authors sequenced the mtDNA from probands with bipolar disorder and tested nucleotide variants for association with the disorder. METHOD: The entire 16.5 kilobase mitochondrial genome was sequenced in nine unrelated...
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