Abstract
Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia may show 'anticipation,' or earlier age-of-onset in successive generations within a pedigree, suggesting that triplet repeat expansion mutations could play a causative role in these disorders. This genetic hypothesis can be tested using a candidate gene approach.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 432-433 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Molecular psychiatry |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
- Molecular Biology