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Patterns of parental transmission and familial aggregation models in bipolar affective disorder.
American journal of medical genetics - 7 Sept 1998
Grigoroiu-Serbanescu M, Martinez M, Nöthen M M, Propping P, Milea S, Mihailescu R, Marinescu E
Abstract excerpt
Two recent studies [McMahon et al., 1995: Am J Hum Genet 56:1277-1286; Gershon et al., 1996: Am J Med Genet (Neuropsychiatr Genet) 67:202-207] reported an excess of maternal transmission in bipolar affective disorder in multiply affected families. In a sample of 130 families ascertained through a bipolar proband without regard to psychiatric family history we analysed the frequency of maternal (MAT) and paternal...
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