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Bipolar polygenic loading and bipolar spectrum features in major depressive disorder.
Bipolar disorders - 1 Sept 2014
Wiste Anna, Robinson Elise B, Milaneschi Yuri, Meier Sandra, Ripke Stephan, Clements Caitlin C, Fitzmaurice Garrett M, Rietschel Marcella, Penninx Brenda W, Smoller Jordan W, Perlis Roy H
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OBJECTIVES: Family and genetic studies indicate overlapping liability for major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether this shared genetic liability influences clinical presentation. METHODS: A polygenic risk score for bipolar disorder, derived from a large genome-wide association meta-analysis, was generated for each subject of European-American...
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