Lack of an allelic association between polymorphisms of the dopamine D2 receptor gene and alcohol dependence in the German population

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 578-581

  Sander, Thomas ^a   Ladehoff, Murat ^a   Samochowiec, Jerzy ^a,c   Finckh, Ulrich ^b   Rommelspacher, Hans ^a   Schmidt, Lutz G ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Association; Dopamine D2 receptor gene; Promoter polymorphism; TaqI A polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0032952528     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-199904001-00002     Document Type: Article

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