Article
The genetics of bipolar disorder.
The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry - 1 Dec 1993
Mitchell P, Mackinnon A, Waters B
Abstract excerpt
Growing interest in the application of molecular biological techniques to psychiatric disorders has reinvigorated interest in the genetics of the psychoses. It is therefore timely to review the current state of knowledge of the genetics of bipolar disorder. Family, twin and adoption studies are all consistent in confirming the strongly heritable nature of this condition. As segregation analyses have been unable...
Topics
- Adoption
- Bipolar Disorder
- Diseases in Twins
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Molecular Biology
- Phenotype