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Cartaetal.BMCPsychiatry2012,12:52 /1471-244X/12/52 RESEARCH ARTICLE OpenAccess BipolardisordersandWilson’ sdisease MauroGiovanniCarta1*,OrazioSorbello1,MariaFrancescaMoro1,KrishnaMBhat2,EnricoDemelia1, AlessandraSerra1,GioiaMura1,FedericaSancassiani1,MarioPiga1andLuigiDemelia1 Abstract Background:TheaimofthisstudywastodeterminetheriskforBipolarDisorder(BD)inWilson’sdisease(WD)and tomeasuretheimpairedQualityofLife(QL)inBDwithWDusingstandardizedpsychiatricdiagnostictoolsanda casecontroldesign. Methods:Thiswasacasecontrolstudy.Thecaseswere23consecutivepatientswithWDtreatedattheUniversity Hospi