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Genome-wide scan of bipolar II disorder.
Bipolar disorders - 1 Sept 2007
Nwulia Evaristus A, Miao Kuangyi, Zandi Peter P, Mackinnon Dean F, DePaulo J Raymond, McInnis Melvin G
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OBJECTIVE: Bipolar disorder (BD) II is characterized by recurrent hypomanic and depressive episodes and has been somewhat of a controversial diagnosis since its description in the 1970s. Clinical opinions notwithstanding, the biological validity of BD II was supported in a genetic study of 58 multiplex bipolar families wherein the statistical evidence for linkage derived from BD II sibling-pairs sharing marker...
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