Article
Familiality of temperament in bipolar disorder: support for a genetic spectrum.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Mar 2005
Evans Lynn, Akiskal Hagop S, Keck Paul E, McElroy Susan L, Sadovnick A Dessa, Remick Ronald A, Kelsoe John R
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BACKGROUND: The array of different diagnoses and clinical presentations seen in the family members of bipolar probands suggests a quantitative or spectrum phenotype. Consistent with this idea, it has been proposed that an underlying quantitative variation in temperament may be the primary phenotype that is genetically transmitted and that it in turn predisposes to bipolar disorder (BP). Choosing the appropriate...
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