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Evidence supporting the independent inheritance of primary affective disorders and primary alcoholism in the families of bipolar patients.

Journal of affective disorders - 1 Sept 1998

Duffy A, Grof P, Grof E, Zvolsky P, Alda M

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BACKGROUND: This study explored the nature of the association between bipolar disorder and alcoholism. METHODS: The authors studied 814 first-degree relatives of 121 bipolar patients, divided on the basis of response to lithium prophylaxis. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the con...

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Adult
Aged
Alcoholism
Bipolar Disorder
Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
Family Health
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Lithium
Male
Middle Aged

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PMID: 9858068
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0327(98)00017-2

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