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Title: Familial manic-depressive illness with deleted short arm of chromosome 21: Coincidental or causal?
Author: El-Badramany, Magda H.; Farag, Talaat I.; Al-Awadi, Sadika A.; Hammad, Ibtisam M.; et al
Abstract:
Presents the case of a 35-yr-old woman and her 57-yr-old mother, both with bipolar manic-depressive illness. Chromosomal analysis revealed that the mother and daughter had an identical chromosomal constitution, with a deleted short arm of chromosome 21. T
Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry. 155, Dec 1989, 856-857