Susceptibility for alcoholism: DRD4 exon III polymorphism: A case-control and a family-based association approach

Addiction Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-295

  Franke, Petra ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Nöthen, Markus M ^a   Knapp, Michael ^a   Neith, Helge ^a   Lichtermann, Dirk ^a   Meyer Zur Capellen, Kathrin ^a   Sander, Thomas ^b   Propping, Peter ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; FAMILY STUDY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

EID: 0033940181     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2000.tb00193.x     Document Type: Article

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