Significant linkage between bipolar affective disorder and chromosome 12q24.

doi:10.1097/00041444-199800830-00002

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Significant linkage between bipolar affective disorder and chromosome 12q24.

Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1998

Ewald H, Degn B, Mors O, Kruse T A

Abstract excerpt

Chromosome 12q23-q24.1 has been implied by a few linkage and association studies as a candidate region for affective disorder. The present study investigated for linkage between bipolar affective disorder and 16 microsatellite markers covering chromosome 12q22-q24 in two Danish families. Assuming...

Topics

Bipolar Disorder
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12
Consanguinity
Darier Disease
Denmark
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Markers
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Haplotypes
Humans
Lod Score
Male
Pedigree
Phospholipases A

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