Linkage analysis of manic depression (bipolar affective disorder) in icelandic and british kindreds using markers on the short arm of chromosome 18

Human Heredity

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 268-278

  Kalsi, G ^a   Smyth, C ^a   Brynjolfsson, J ^b   Sherrington, R S ^a   O'neill J ^a   Curtis, D ^a   Rifkin, L ^a   Murphy, P ^a   Gurling, H M D ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Chromosome 18; Linkage analysis

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CHROMOSOME 18Q; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PEDIGREE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030880262     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000154423     Document Type: Article

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