Serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism and monoamine oxidase type A VNTR allelic variants together influence alcohol binge drinking risk in young women

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 133 B, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-78

  Herman, Aryeh I ^a   Kaiss, Kristi M ^a   Ma, Rui ^a   Philbeck, John W ^b   Hasan, Asfar ^a   Dasti, Humza ^a   DePetrillo, Paolo B ^a,c  

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

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Pharmacogenetics; Polymorphism (genetics)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 12944300321     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30135     Document Type: Article

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