Type : Phenotype or locus, molecular basis unknown;
Alternative titles and symbols : Manic-depressive psychosis; Manic-depressive psychosis, autosomal; Bipolar affective disorder; BPAD; MD1;
Description : Bipolar affective disorder is a genetically heterogeneous complex trait. One susceptibility
locus for bipolar disorder, MAFD1, has been mapped to chromosome 18p. Other mapped
loci include MAFD2 (309200) on chromosome Xq28, MAFD3 (609633) on chromosome 21q22,
MAFD4 (611247) on chromosome 16p12, MAFD7 (612371) on chromosome 22q12, MAFD8 (612357)
on chromosome 10q21, and;