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Smoking and the risk for bipolar disorder: causal evidence from a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study

2019-01-17

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There is increasing evidence that smoking is a risk factor for severe mental illness, including bipolar disorder. Conversely, patients with bipolar disorder might smoke more (often) as a result of the psychiatric disorder. We aimed to investigate the direction and causal nature of the relationship between smoking and bipolar disorder we conducted a bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) study. Publicly availab...

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871563e3-1a82-525a-aa91-8c01e896ebdd
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10.1101/522268
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