Article
Progress and pitfalls: bipolar molecular linkage studies.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Sept 1998
Berrettini W
Abstract excerpt
This paper reviews the history of molecular genetic linkage studies of bipolar disorder. The topic is introduced with a brief discussion of various genetic concepts, including linkage, lod scores and non-parametric statistics. It is emphasized that criteria for declaring linkage must include independent confirmation by a second group of investigators. Given that the inherited susceptibility for bipolar disorder...
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