Modification of alcohol withdrawal by the A9 allele of the dopamine transporter gene

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 474-478

  Schmidt, Lutz G ^a,b   Harms, Helmut ^a   Kuhn, Silke ^a   Rommelspacher, Hans ^a   Sander, Thomas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031978033     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.4.474     Document Type: Article

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