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Case Reports
. 1979 Dec;36(13):1442-7.
doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780130060007.

Color blindness linkage to bipolar manic-depressive illness. New evidence

J Mendlewicz, P Linkowski, J J Guroff, H M Van Praag
Case Reports

Color blindness linkage to bipolar manic-depressive illness. New evidence

J Mendlewicz et al. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1979 Dec.

Abstract

Linkage between protanopia and deuteranopia and bipolar manic-depressive illness is demonstrated in a sample of eight informative families ascertained in Brussels. Genetic heterogeneity of bipolar affective disorders is also shown in the present study. These results add new evidence to the hypothesis of X-linked dominant genetic transmission of affective liability in a subgroup of patients with bipolar affective disorders.

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