1. Familial cosegregation of affective disorder and Hailey-Hailey disease.
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Körner, Judith, Rietschel, Marcella, Nöthen, Markus M., Wilk, Carl M., Bauer, Ralf, Propping, Peter, Möller, Hans-Jürgen, Körner, J, Rietschel, M, Nöthen, M M, Wilk, C M, Bauer, R, Propping, P, and Möller, H J
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AFFECTIVE disorders ,MENTAL illness genetics ,CHROMOSOMES ,MEDICAL genetics ,MOTHER-child relationship ,PATHOLOGICAL psychology ,COMPARATIVE studies ,GENE mapping ,BIPOLAR disorder ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,GENETIC mutation ,RESEARCH ,SEX chromosome abnormalities ,PHENOTYPES ,EVALUATION research ,BULLOUS pemphigoid ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1993
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