title: Familial manic-depressive illness with deleted short arm of chromosome 21: coincidental or causal?
abstract: A 35-year-old Arab lady and her mother, both with bipolar manic-depressive illness and 46,XX,21p-(pcen----pter), are reported. The clinical significance of this association is considered.
authors.affiliation: Kuwait Medical Genetics Centre.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: el-Badramany
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Farag
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: al-Awadi
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Hammad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdelkader
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Murthy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence