Test of Xq26.3-28 linkage in bipolar and unipolar affective disorder in families selected for absence of male to male transmission.

doi:10.1192/bjp.171.6.578

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Test of Xq26.3-28 linkage in bipolar and unipolar affective disorder in families selected for absence of male to male transmission.

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Dec 1997

Smyth C, Kalsi G, Brynjolfsson J, O'Neill J, Curtis D, Rifkin L, Moloney E, Murphy P, Petursson H, Gurling H

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BACKGROUND: There have been several reports of linkage between genetic markers on the X chromosome at Xq26.3-28 and bipolar affective disorder in family samples obtained from distinct ethnic and geographical origins. As part of a genome search in a series of 23 UK and Icelandic families, specific...

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Genetic Linkage
Genotype
Humans
Male
Mood Disorders
Pedigree
X Chromosome

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