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X-Linked Inheritance in Affective Disorders

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Biological Psychiatry, Higher Nervous Activity

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After reviewing the evidence for genetic factors in affective disorders, the question of X-linked inheritance is discussed as a mode of transmission in a subgroup of bipolar illness. Recent linkage studies also emphasize the importance of considering genetic heterogeneity in the interpretation of genetic marker studies in affective illness. These genetic investigations may have relevance to the biological classification and treatment of affective disorders.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Erasme Hospital, University Clinics of Brussels, Free University of Brussels, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Julien Mendlewicz

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  1. Académie de Paris, Université René Descartes, Paris, France

    P. Pichot

  2. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    P. Berner , R. Wolf  & K. Thau ,  & 

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Mendlewicz, J. (1985). X-Linked Inheritance in Affective Disorders. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Biological Psychiatry, Higher Nervous Activity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8329-1_13

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