Association analysis of exonic variants of the gene encoding the GABA(B) receptor and alcohol dependence

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-73

  Sander, T ^a   Samochowiec, J ^a,c   Ladehoff, M ^a   Smolka, M ^a   Peters, C ^b   Riess, O ^b   Rommelspacher, H ^a   Schmidt, L G ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Association; Dissocial personality disorder; GABA(B) receptor gene; Genetics

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEIZURE;

EID: 0032741414     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-199906000-00004     Document Type: Article

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