Methods for diagnosing and assessing a predisposition to bipolar affective disorder
AssigneeGarvan Institute of Medical Research
InventorsPeter Robert Schofield, Philip Bowden Mitchell, Linda Jacqueline Adams
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Abstract
A method of assessing an individual's predisposition to bipolar affective disorder comprises determining the presence of one or more bipolar affective disorder-linked markers on chromosome 4 or analyzing allelic variation in relation to a bipolar affective disorder susceptibility gene on chromosome 4.
Claims4
A method of assessing an individual's predisposition to bipolar affective disorder (BAD), comprising detecting the presence or absence of at least one BAD-linked allele at 4q35 on chromosome 4 of said individual wherein the presence of a BAD-linked allele is indicative of a individual's predisposition to BAD.
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