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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
Major depression is a relatively common psychiatric disorder that can be quite debilitating. Family, twin, and adoption studies indicate that unipolar depression has both genetic and environmental components. Early age at onset and recurrent episodes in the proband each increase the familiarity of the illness. To investigate the potential genetic underpinnings of the disease, we have performed a complex segregation analysis on 832 individuals from 50 multigenerational families ascertained through a proband with early-onset recurrent unipolar major depression. The analysis was conducted by use of regressive models, to test a variety of hypotheses to explain the familial aggregation of recurrent unipolar depression. Analyses were conducted under two alternative definitions of affection status for the relatives of probands: (1) "narrow," in which relatives were assumed to be affected only if they were diagnosed with recurrent unipolar depression; and (2) "broad," in which relatives were assumed to be affected if diagnosed with any major affective illness. Under the narrow-definition assumption, the model that best explains these family data is a transmitted (although non-Mendelian) recessive major effect with significant residual parental effects on affection status. Under the broad-definition assumption, the best-fitting model is a Mendelian codominant major locus with significant residual parental and spousal effects.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0002-9297
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1370-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic segregation analysis of early-onset recurrent unipolar depression.
pubmed:affiliation
Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Center, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. mlm3@vms.cis.pitt.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't