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No association between the PREP gene and lithium responsive bipolar disorder.
BMC psychiatry - 26 Feb 2007
Mamdani Firoza, Sequeira Adolfo, Alda Martin, Grof Paul, Rouleau Guy, Turecki Gustavo
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BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a major psychiatric condition that commonly requires prophylactic and episodic treatment. Lithium (Li) has been used for over 40 years now as an effective prophylactic agent. Response to Li treatment seems to be, at least in part, genetically determined. Although we ignore how Li specifically prevents mood episodes, it has previously been suggested that Li exerts an effect on...
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