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Personality: is it a viable endophenotype for genetic studies of bipolar affective disorder?
Bipolar disorders - 1 Aug 2006
Savitz Jonathan B, Ramesar Rajkumar S
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Progress in identifying the genetic basis of bipolar affective disorder has been disappointing, most probably because of the genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of the condition. These setbacks have led to the adoption of alternative strategies such as the use of endophenotypes or intermediate traits to identify those individuals at genetic risk for developing the disorder. Gottesman and Gould [Am J Psychiatry...
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