Association of a CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Gene (CNR1) polymorphism with severe alcohol dependence

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-224

  Schmidt, Lutz G ^a   Samochowiec, Jerzy ^a,b,c   Finckh, Ulrich ^d   Fiszer Piosik, Ewa ^b   Horodnicki, Jan ^b   Wendel, B ^e   Rommelspacher, Hans ^c   Hoehe, Margret R ^e  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol seizures; Alcohol withdrawal; Alcoholism; CB1 Cannabinoid receptor gene (CNR1); Genetics

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ALCOHOLISM; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036472003     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(01)00164-8     Document Type: Article

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