Risks of affective illness among first-degree relatives of bipolar I old-order Amish probands.

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1992.01820090031005

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Risks of affective illness among first-degree relatives of bipolar I old-order Amish probands.

Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Sept 1992

Pauls D L, Morton L A, Egeland J A

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Data from bipolar I old-order Amish families suggest that the morbid risk of illness is not significantly different in this population when compared with estimates of risk from previous studies. The age-corrected rates of bipolar I, bipolar II, and major depressive disorder among first-degree rel...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Affective Disorders, Psychotic
Age Factors
Alleles
Bipolar Disorder
Child
Ethnicity
Family
Female
Genetic Markers
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pennsylvania
Phenotype
Prevalence
Psychotic Disorders

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