Familial cosegregation of affective disorder and Hailey-Hailey disease.
We report on a family with co-occurrence of affective disorder and Hailey-Hailey disease in two brothers and the mother. The putative chromosomal locus of Hailey-Hailey disease, which is a rare dominantly inherited dermatosis, may be a promising candidate region for genetic studies in affective disorder.
Körner
J
J
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany.
Rietschel
M
M
Nöthen
M M
MM
Wilk
C M
CM
Bauer
R
R
Propping
P
P
Möller
H J
HJ
D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016506:Pemphigus, Benign Familial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D010641:Phenotype; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics; D014998:Y Chromosome