Haplotype-based localization of an alcohol dependence gene to the 5q34 γ-aminobutyric acid type A gene cluster

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-55

  Radel, Marta ^a,d   Vallejo, Roger L ^a   Iwata, Nakao ^b   Aragon, Richard ^a   Long, Jeffrey C ^a   Virkkunen, Matti ^c   Goldman, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Bioconsult   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 11844262032     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.62.1.47     Document Type: Article

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