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Bipolar affective disorder associated with beta-thalassemia minor
H Harada1, T Nakajima, J Inazawa
1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Biological Psychiatry
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
A family suggesting cosegregation of beta-thalassemia minor and bipolar affective disorder was reported. The monogenic hereditary anemia was surveyed over three generations in this family, and three patients with the beta-thalassemia and the bipolar affective disorder were observed over two generations. The localization of a gene responsible for bipolar affective disorder was discussed on the basis of previous reports.