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A mannosyltransferase gene at 11q23 is disrupted by a translocation breakpoint that co-segregates with bipolar affective disorder in a small family.
Neurogenetics - 1 Mar 2002
Baysal Bora E, Willett-Brozick Joan E, Badner Judith A, Corona Winston, Ferrell Robert E, Nimgaonkar Vishwajit L, Detera-Wadleigh Sevilla D
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Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) is a complex neuropsychiatric disease characterized by extreme mood swings. Genetic influences affect the disease susceptibility substantially, yet the underlying mechanisms are unknown. We previously described a pedigree in which all five individuals with BPAD and one individual with recurrent major depression were carriers of a reciprocal chromosomal translocation...
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