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Bipolar disorder
The genetics of bipolar disorder
BMJ 2013; 346 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f530 (Published 07 February 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;346:f530
- Frances S Price, medical student1,
- James A Morris, consultant pathologist and associate director of undergraduate medical education2
- 1Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
- 2University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Lancaster LA1 4RP, UK
- Jim.A.Morris{at}mbht.nhs.uk
Anderson and colleagues state that “Bipolar I disorder has a heritability of 0.75 explained largely by common variant alleles, which partly overlap with those for schizophrenia.”1 In fact, very little of the heritability …
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