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Genome wide scan using homozygosity mapping and linkage analyses of a single pedigree with affective disorder suggests oligogenic inheritance.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Jul 2003
Ewald Henrik, Kruse Torben A, Mors Ole
Abstract excerpt
The present study reports results from a genome scan on a family with bipolar affective disorder in which the parents are first cousins and four of the offsprings and one grandchild have affective disorder. The study searched for risk loci for affective disorder by searching for homozygous segments or more complex inherited loci using parametric and non-parametric multipoint linkage analysis. In addition...
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