Quantitative risk factors as indices of alcoholism susceptibility

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 337-343

  Almasy, Laura ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophenotype; Heritability; Liability; Linkage

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CHROMOSOME 18P; CHROMOSOME 20P; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME 4; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MARKER GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ALCOHOLISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0041386344     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890310004903     Document Type: Review

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