Manic-depressive illness associated with Turner's syndrome mosaicism

This case report describes a patient suffering from both manic-depressive illness and Turner's syndrome mosaicism. This is the second such patient to be reported, but the first to be described in detail and to receive full karyotypic analysis. The significance of the association of manic-depressive illness and Turner's syndrome for the analysis of the genetic transmission of manic-depressive illness is discussed.