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What's a GWAS? What can it teach me about bipolar disorder?
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The paper we discuss is Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies 30 Loci Associated with Bipolar Disorder. Nature Genetics 2019; 51:793-803.
Here's an incredibly helpful review on understanding genome wide association studies (GWAS): TA Pearson and TA Manolio. How to Interpret a Genome-Wide Association Study. JAMA 2008; 299(11):1335-1344.
Find out more about the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.
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Use the link above to get to the paper we discuss in this episode or use the following citation to find it.
Song, J et al. Suicidal Behavior During Lithium and Valproate Treatment: A Within-Individual 8-Year Prospective Study of 50,000 Patients with Bipolar Disorder. Am J Psychiatry 2017; 174:795-802.