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Bipolar disorder risk alleles in children with ADHD.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Nov 2013
Schimmelmann B G, Hinney A, Scherag A, Pütter C, Pechlivanis S, Cichon S, Jöckel K-H, Schreiber S, Wichmann H E, Albayrak Ö, Dauvermann M, Konrad K, Wilhelm C, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, Lehmkuhl G, Sinzig J, Renner T J, Romanos M, Warnke A, Lesch K P, Reif A, Hebebrand J
Abstract excerpt
Bipolar disorder (BD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may share common genetic risk factors as indicated by the high co-morbidity of BD and ADHD, their phenotypic overlap especially in pediatric populations, the high heritability of both disorders, and the co-occurrence in families. We therefore examined whether known polygenic BD risk alleles are associated with ADHD. We chose the eight best...
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