Exploring the relationship between the density of the iris color and bipolar disorder: a case-control study, Egypt

  • Published on 05/06/2025
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Youssef Usama Mahmoud 1, Raya Yasser Mohamed 1, Sehlo Mohammad Gamal 1, Gado Osama Mohamed 1, Hussien Fayza Mohammed 1, Gad Ahmed AM 2, Said Mervat 1

1 https://ror.org/053g6we49 Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine Zagazig University P. O. Box 44519 Zagazig Egypt
2 https://ror.org/053g6we49 Ophthalmology Department Zagazig University Zagazig Egypt

Abstract

Background The eyes serve as a portal to the brain and are highly connected neurologically, making them the only externally visible part of the brain. Moreover, the correlation between the physical attributes of the eye and psychiatric disorders has been increasingly established in recent years. Therefore, this study examined the association between iris color density and bipolar I disorder (BD).
Methods In a case-control study, 48 subjects diagnosed with...

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