Evidence supporting the independent inheritance of primary affective disorders and primary alcoholism in the families of bipolar patients

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 91-96

  Duffy, Anne ^a,b   Grof, Paul ^a   Grof, Eva ^a   Zvolsky, Petr ^c   Alda, Martin ^a  

^a ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Bipolar disorder; Genetics

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETICS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032170384     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(98)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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