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Individual and familial risk factors for bipolar affective disorders in Denmark.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Dec 2003
Mortensen Preben Bo, Pedersen C B, Melbye M, Mors O, Ewald H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Few population-based studies have addressed risk factors for bipolar affective disorder. OBJECTIVE: To study the possible association between bipolar affective disorder and history of mental illness in a parent or sibling; urbanicity of birth place; season of birth; sibship characteristics, including birth order; influenza epidemics during pregnancy; and early parental loss. DESIGN: We used a...
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