Article
Panic disorder with familial bipolar disorder.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Jul 1997
MacKinnon D F, McMahon F J, Simpson S G, McInnis M G, DePaulo J R
Abstract excerpt
If bipolar disorder is genetically heterogeneous, it may be possible to discern clinically heterogeneous familial subtypes based on differential risk for psychiatric comorbidity, for example panic disorder. We evaluated 528 members of 57 families ascertained for a genetic linkage study of bipolar disorder. Families were assorted according to the panic disorder diagnosis of the bipolar proband; the rates of panic...
Topics
- Adult
- Alcoholism
- Bipolar Disorder
- Comorbidity
- Cyclothymic Disorder
- Dysthymic Disorder
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Panic Disorder
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
- Substance-Related Disorders
