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Familial Manic–Depressive Illness with Deleted Short Arm of Chromosome 21: Coincidental or Causal?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Magda H. El-Badramany ,
Talaat I. Farag ,
Sadika A. Al-Awadi ,
Ibtisam M. Hammad ,
Ahmed Abdelkader  and
D. S. Krishna Murthy
Magda H. El-Badramany*
Affiliation:
Kuwait Medical Genetics Centre
Talaat I. Farag
Affiliation:
Kuwait Medical Genetics Centre
Sadika A. Al-Awadi
Affiliation:
Kuwait Medical Genetics Centre
Ibtisam M. Hammad
Affiliation:
Gynaecologist and Obstetrician, Maternity Hospital, Kuwait
Ahmed Abdelkader
Affiliation:
Gynaecologist and Obstetrician, Maternity Hospital, Kuwait
D. S. Krishna Murthy
Affiliation:
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
*
∗Psychological Medicine Hospital, PO Box 4081, Safat, 13041, Kuwait
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Abstract

A 35-year-old Arab lady and her mother, both with bipolar manic-depressive illness and 46,XX,21p-(pcenåpter), are reported. The clinical significance of this association is considered.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 6 , December 1989 , pp. 856 - 857
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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