Association of monoamine oxidase A alleles with alcoholism among male Chinese in Taiwan

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1209-1211

  Hsu, Yun Pung P ^b   Loh, El W ^b   Chen, Wei J ^b   Chen, Chiao Chicy ^b   Yu, Jeng Ming ^b   Cheng, Andrew T A ^a  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; DINUCLEOTIDE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN;

EID: 0029737571     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.9.1209     Document Type: Article

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