Association between early-onset alcoholism and the dopamine D2 receptor gene

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-182

  Kono, Yoshihiro ^a   Yoneda, Hiroshi ^a   Sakai, Toshiaki ^a   Nonomura, Yasuhiro ^a   Inayama, Yasuhiro ^a   Koh, Jun ^a   Sakai, Jun ^a   Inada, Yasushi ^a   Imamichi, Hiroyuki ^b   Asaba, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Shin Abuyama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

alcoholism; association; DRD2 gene; PCR; RFLP

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2;

EID: 0030904055     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970418)74:2<179::AID-AJMG13>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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