Identification of Susceptible Loci and Enriched Pathways for Bipolar II Disorder Using Genome-Wide Association

Chung-Feng Kao1, Hui-Wen Chen1, Hsi-Chung Chen1

  • 1Department of Public Health & Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (Dr Kao, Mr Lee, and Dr Kuo); Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan (Dr Kao); National Center for Genome Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (Mrs Chen, Dr Yang, Dr Chen, and Dr Wu); Department of Psychiatry & Center of Sleep Disorders, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (Dr Chen); Department of Nursing, Cardinal Tien Junior College of Healthcare & Management, Yilan, Taiwan (Dr Chuang); Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan (Drs Huang, Chiu, and Lin); Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Dr Huang); Department of Psychiatry, Wan Fang Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Dr Chiu); Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Hospital and Psychiatric Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Dr Lin); Neurobiology and Cognitive Science Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (Dr Liu); Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (Dr Liu); Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan (Dr Lu); Research Center for Genes, Environment and Human Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (Dr Kuo).

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