Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms in alcohol dependence

Alcohol

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 61-67

  Thompson, Miles D ^a   Gonzalez, Nancy ^b   Nguyen, Tuan ^c   Comings, David E ^b   George, Susan R ^a   O'Dowd, Brian F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcohol withdrawal; Comorbidity; Polymorphism; Serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism; Tourette syndrome; VNTR

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EUROPE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 0033647487     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(00)00105-1     Document Type: Article

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