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Replication of association of 3p21.1 with susceptibility to bipolar disorder but not major depression

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Acknowledgements

We thank the participants in the studies whose data we analyzed. We acknowledge funding from NARSAD, the UK Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust and UK National Institute for Health Research, the US National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Mental Health and The Netherlands Scientific Organization.

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  1. Medical Research Council Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK

    Gerome Breen, Cathryn M Lewis, Evangelos Vassos, Inti Pedroso, David Collier & Peter McGuffin

  2. National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust and Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK

    Gerome Breen, Inti Pedroso & Peter McGuffin

  3. Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London, London, UK

    Cathryn M Lewis

  4. Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Michele L Pergadia

  5. Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburg, UK

    Douglas H R Blackwood

  6. Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Dorret I Boomsma

  7. Department of Psychiatry, Vrije University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Brenda Penninx

  8. Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Patrick F Sullivan

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G.B., C.M.L., I.P. and E.V. performed the data analysis. G.B., D.C. and P.M. wrote the manuscript. M.L.P., D.H.R.B., B.P., D.I.B. and P.F.S. provided additional replication data and comments.

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Breen, G., Lewis, C., Vassos, E. et al. Replication of association of 3p21.1 with susceptibility to bipolar disorder but not major depression. Nat Genet 43, 3–5 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0111-3

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