Association between the DRD2 A1 allele and opium addiction in the Iranian population

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 134 B, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-41

  Najafabadi, Maria Shahmoradgoli ^a,b   Ohadi, Mina ^a   Joghataie, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Valaie, Faraz ^a   Riazalhosseini, Yasser ^a   Mostafavi, Hamid ^a   Mohammadbeigi, Fariba ^a   Najmabadi, Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

A1 allele; Association; DRD2 gene; Opium

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRD2 A1 GENE; DRUG ABUSE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; OPIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

IRANIA;

EID: 15744401134     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30117     Document Type: Article

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