Bipolar multiplex families have an increased burden of common risk variants for psychiatric disorders
Till F. M. Andlauer, Jose Guzman Parra, Fabian Streit, Jana Strohmaier, Maria José González, Susana Gil Flores, Francisco Cabaleiro, Francisco del Río Noriega, Fermín Pérez, Jesus Haro González, Guillermo Orozco Díaz, Yolanda de Diego‐Otero, Berta Moreno‐Küstner, Georg W. J. Auburger, Franziska Degenhardt, , Claudia Giambartolomei
The paper examines common genetic variants' contribution to bipolar disorder risk in multiplex families and finds higher polygenic risk scores in affected individuals compared to controls and unaffected family members.
Molecular Psychiatry · Nov 11, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics