A halotype-based study of lithium responding patients with bipolar affective disorder on the Faroe Islands

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-34

  Ewald, Henrik ^a   Wang, A G ^b,d   Vang, M ^b   Mors, O ^a   Nyegaard, M ^a,c   Kruse, T A ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b National Hospital   (Faroe Islands)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bipolar affective disorder; Chromosome 18; Genetic isolates; Genetics; Manic depressive illness; Psychiatry; The Faroe Islands

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAROE ISLANDS; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 18; GENETICS; ICELAND; NORWAY; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; NORWAY; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0033094958     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-199903000-00005     Document Type: Article

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