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Genome scan for susceptibility loci for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Jul 2002
Bailer Ursula, Leisch Friedrich, Meszaros Kurt, Lenzinger Elisabeth, Willinger Ulrike, Strobl Rainer, Heiden Angela, Gebhardt Christian, Döge Elisabeth, Fuchs Karoline, Sieghart Werner, Kasper Siegfried, Hornik Kurt, Aschauer Harald N
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BACKGROUND: Despite the widely accepted view that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder represent independent illnesses and modes of inheritance, some data in the literature suggest that the diseases may share some genetic susceptibility. The objective of our analyses was to search for vulnerability loci for the two disorders. METHODS: A genomewide map of 388 microsatellite DNA markers was genotyped in five...
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