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Bipolar Disorder
Family history influences age of bipolar I disorder onset in females, not males
April 7th, 2005
Specialists in genetics underlying psychiatric disorders have found that family history influences the age at which bipolar I disorder begins in females, but not males. "Age of onset (AO) has been proposed as a promising criterion by which to select homogeneous subgroups for the genetic analysis of bipolar disorder. This is the first study to investigate the effect of the interaction between gender and family history (FH) type on AO in bipolar disorder," stated M. Grigoroiu-Serbanescu and colleagues, Medical University of Bucharest, Romania. They reported, "In accordance with the literature, no difference in AO was observed between females and males...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-07)
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