Possible evidence for a common risk locus for bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia on chromosome 4p16 in patients from the Faroe Islands

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-98

  Als, T D ^a   Dahl, H A ^b   Flint, T J ^a   Wang, A G ^c,d   Vang, M ^d   Mors, O ^a   Kruse, T A ^b   Ewald, H ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Landssjúkrahusid ^*  (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Chromosome 4; Dopamine receptor; Genetic association; Haplotype sharing; Susceptibility locus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 4P; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAROE ISLANDS; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DENMARK; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0842286647     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001393     Document Type: Article

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