title: Linkage between X-chromosome markers and manic-depressive illness. Two Sardinian pedigrees.
abstract: Pedigrees of manic-depressive patients in treatment at the Lithium Clinic of the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cagliari, were evaluated for linkage between major affective illness and the protan-deutan-glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase region of the X-chromosome. Two informative pedigrees were found, investigated and analyzed for linkage using a multigenerational model and considering age-dependent penetrance. The results are consistent with the hypothesis of X-linkage in major affective illness.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008126:Lod Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000502:physiology*