Article
Nonlinkage of bipolar illness to tyrosine hydroxylase, tyrosinase, and D2 and D4 dopamine receptor genes on chromosome 11.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Jan 1994
De bruyn A, Mendelbaum K, Sandkuijl L A, Delvenne V, Hirsch D, Staner L, Mendlewicz J, Van Broeckhoven C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Previous linkage and allelic association studies using DNA polymorphisms, cosegregation of cytogenetic abnormalities with psychiatric illness, and assignment of genes involved in neutotransmitter metabolism suggested that chromosome 11 may harbor a gene predisposing to bipolar illness....
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Bipolar Disorder
- Child
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Depressive Disorder
- Family
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Lod Score
