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Methods for diagnosing and assessing a predisposition to bipolar affective disorder

US6274352A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Garvan Institute of Medical Research · AU

Inventors

Peter Schofield · San Francisco, US
Philip Mitchell · Smyrna, US
Linda Jacqueline Adams · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 1999
Grant date	Aug 14, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/143333
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of assessing an individual's predisposition to bipolar affective disorder comprises determining the presence of one or more bipolar affective disorder-linked markers on chromosome 4 or analyzing allelic variation in relation to a bipolar affective disorder susceptibility gene on chromosome 4.

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