Lack of association between the functional variant of the catechol-o- methyltransferase (COMT) gene and early-onset alcoholism associated with severe antisocial behavior

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 348-352

  Hallikainen, Tero ^a   Lachman, Herbert ^b   Saito, Takuya ^b   Volavka, Jan ^c   Kauhanen, Jussi ^a   Salonen, Jukka T ^a   Ryynänen, Olli Pekka ^a   Koulu, Markku ^d   Karvonen, Matti K ^d   Pohjalainen, Tiina ^d   Syvälahti, Erkka ^d   Hietala, Jarmo ^e   Tiihonen, Jari ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Antisocial personality disorder; Catechol o methyltransferase; COMT; Dopamine; Polymorphism; Substance abuse disorders; Violent behavior

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE;

ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOPAMINE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROTONIN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0004600232     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20000612)96:3<348::AID-AJMG22>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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