Family Traits Provide Clues To Genes For Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
Saturday, June 7, 2008 - 23:21
in Psychology & Sociology
It is important to identify the endophenotypes -- traits associated with a clinical disorder -- that can serve as a roadmap for detecting disease-related genes. That is why researchers are studying families to detect relatives who are carriers of the genes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, even though these individuals don't have the diseases themselves.
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