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Lena Backlund

Mayo Clinic(US)Karolinska University Hospital(SE)WinnMed(US)Karolinska Institutet(SE)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting

Most-Cited Works

→ Assessment of Response to Lithium Maintenance Treatment in Bipolar Disorder: A Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLiGen) Report(2013)419 cited
→ Genetic variants associated with response to lithium treatment in bipolar disorder: a genome-wide association study(2016)395 cited
→ Joint Analysis of Psychiatric Disorders Increases Accuracy of Risk Prediction for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder(2015)269 cited
→ Genome-wide association study in a Swedish population yields support for greater CNV and MHC involvement in schizophrenia compared with bipolar disorder(2012)249 cited
→ Genome-wide association study of 40,000 individuals identifies two novel loci associated with bipolar disorder(2016)233 cited
→ Evidence for genetic heterogeneity between clinical subtypes of bipolar disorder(2017)200 cited

→ Long-term lithium treatment in bipolar disorder is associated with longer leukocyte telomeres(2013)178 cited

→ Association of Polygenic Score for Schizophrenia and HLA Antigen and Inflammation Genes With Response to Lithium in Bipolar Affective Disorder(2017)148 cited

→ The KMO allele encoding Arg452 is associated with psychotic features in bipolar disorder type 1, and with increased CSF KYNA level and reduced KMO expression(2013)105 cited

→ A genome-wide association study of kynurenic acid in cerebrospinal fluid: implications for psychosis and cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder(2015)102 cited