Haptoglobin phenotypes and gene frequencies in bipolar disorder: An association study in family-history subgroups

Human Heredity

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-32

  Fañanás, Lourdes ^a,b   Moral, Pedro ^a   Gutiérrez, Blanca ^a,b   Guillamat, Roser ^c   Vallès, Vicenç ^d   Campillo, Maite ^e   Gutiérrez Pacheco, Beatriz ^a   Lütken, Natalie ^a   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut Universitari de Salut Pública de Catalunya   (Spain)

^c Departament de Psiquiatria   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

^e Mental Clinic of Santa Coloma   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Haptoglobin

Indexed keywords

HAPTOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 1842296420     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000154385     Document Type: Article

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