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Scanning the genome with 1772 microsatellite markers in search of a bipolar disorder susceptibility gene.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Nov 1996
Polymeropoulos M H, Schaffer A A
Abstract excerpt
Bipolar disorder affects approximately 1% of the population and there is evidence that genetic factors play an important role in the production of symptoms. We undertook a genetic linkage study for the discovery of a major locus conferring susceptibility for bipolar illness in an Old Order Amish pedigree. Our study took advantage of publicly available phenotypic and genotypic information, the latter as a...
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