MN blood groups and bipolar disorder: Evidence of genotypic association and Hardy-Weinberg disequilibrium

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 361-363

  Alda, Martin ^a   Grof, Paul ^a   Grof, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Association; Bipolar disorder; Hardy Weinberg equilibrium; Lithium; MN blood groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP MNSS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ALLELES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MNSS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031693878     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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