The A9 allele of the dopamine transporter gene is associated with delirium tremens and alcohol-withdrawal seizure

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-92

  Gorwood, Philip ^a,b   Limosin, Frédéric ^a   Batel, Philippe ^c   Hamon, Michel ^d   Adès, Jean ^a,b   Boni, Claudette ^d  

^a Service de Psychiatrie   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Delirium; Dependence; Dopamine; Genetics; Seizure; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM TREMENS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEIZURES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0037219321     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01440-3     Document Type: Article

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