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Analysis of the pseudoautosomal X-linked gene SYBL1in bipolar affective disorder: description of a new candidate allele for psychiatric disorders.
American journal of medical genetics - 12 Jun 2000
Saito T, Parsia S, Papolos D F, Lachman H M
Abstract excerpt
The absence of father-to-son transmission has been observed in a subset of families with bipolar disorder (BPD), suggestive of a susceptibility gene on the sex-linked portion of the X chromosome. This is supported by some genetic linkage studies that have provided evidence for a susceptibility locus near Xq28. We have analyzed one candidate gene on Xq28, SYBL1, which maps to the Xq pseudoautosomal region (PAR)....
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