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Family-based association study of early growth response gene 3 with child bipolar I disorder.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 May 2012
Gallitano Amelia L, Tillman Rebecca, Dinu Valentin, Geller Barbara
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The risk for relapse of child bipolar I disorder (BP-I) is highly correlated with environmental factors. Immediate early genes of the early growth response (EGR) gene family are activated at high levels in the brain in response to environmental events, including stress, and mediate numerous neurobiological processes that have been associated with mental illness risk. The objective of this study is to...
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