Article
Linkage analysis between bipolar affective disorder and markers on chromosome X.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1998
Vallada H P, Vasques L, Curtis D, Zatz M, Kirov G, Lauriano V, Gentil V, Murray R M, McGuffin P, Owen M, Gill M, Craddock N, Collier D A
Abstract excerpt
Since 1969, several classical linkage studies suggested an X-chromosome locus for bipolar affective disorder. However, methods using highly polymorphic DNA markers have provided conflicting evidence for linkage, and an X-chromosomal locus for bipolar disorder remains controversial. More recently,...
Topics
- Bipolar Disorder
- Brazil
- England
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Lod Score
- Male
- Wales
- X Chromosome
