Article
Association within a family of a balanced autosomal translocation with major mental illness.
Lancet (London, England) - 7 Jul 1990
St Clair D, Blackwood D, Muir W, Carothers A, Walker M, Spowart G, Gosden C, Evans H J
Abstract excerpt
282 pedigrees in the MRC Cytogenetics Registry, Edinburgh, with familial autosomal anomalies were examined for the presence of associated mental illness. In one large pedigree there were 23 cases of mental and/or behavioural disorders meeting Research Diagnostic Criteria. 34 of the 77 family memb...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
