Genetic linkage studies of bipolar affective disorder.
Underrecognition and undertreatment of affective disorders constitute a serious public health problem in this country. The recent availability of improved methods of genetic linkage analysis make the definition of the genetic basis of some types of bipolar affective disorders feasible within the foreseeable future.
Simpson
S G
SG
Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Folstein
S E
SE
DePaulo
J R
JR
D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D014481:United States