Article
A linkage study of affective disorder with DNA markers for the ABO-AK1-ORM linkage group near the dopamine beta hydroxylase gene.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Oct 1994
Sherrington R, Curtis D, Brynjolfsson J, Moloney E, Rifkin L, Petursson H, Gurling H
Abstract excerpt
Combining data from a number of studies has provided evidence for a susceptibility allele for affective disorder near to the ABO-AK1-ORM region on chromosome 9q34. The dopamine beta hydroxylase gene locus is also at 9q34. Five multigenerational families with bipolar and unipolar affective disorde...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Affective Disorders, Psychotic
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
- DNA, Satellite
- Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Humans
- Lod Score
