Cosegregation of Christmas Disease and Major Affective Disorder in a Pedigree
- 2 January 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 160 (1), 112-114
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.160.1.112
Abstract
Three males with factor-IX deficiency (Christmas disease) in one pedigree all had severe affective disorder. This apparent cosegregation, if true, would support the hypothesis that in some pedigrees, a gene for major affective disorder is located on the X chromosome.Keywords
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