Two commonly expanded CAG/CTG repeat loci: Involvement in affective disorders?

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 405-410

  Lindblad, K ^a,g   Nylander, P O ^a,f   Zander, C ^a,e   Yuan, Q P ^a,d   Stahle L ^a,c   Engstrom C ^a,b   Balciuniene, J ^a   Pettersson, U ^b   Breschel, T ^c   Mclnnis, M ^d   Ross, C A ^e   Adolfsson, R ^f   Schalling, M ^g  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences ^*

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Neurogenetics Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Bipolar affective disorder; CTG18.1; Depression; ERDA1; Repeat expansion detection; SEF2 1B; Trinucleotide repeat expansion; Unipolar affective disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0031712686     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000416     Document Type: Article

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