A common haplotype of the nicotine acetylcholine receptor α4 subunit gene is associated with vulnerability to nicotine addiction in men

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 112-121

  Feng, Yan ^a   Niu, Tianhua ^a   Xing, Houxun ^c   Xu, Xin ^a   Chen, Changzhong ^a   Peng, Shaojie ^c   Wang, Lihua ^b   Laird, Nan ^a   Xu, Xiping ^a,c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRNA4 GENE; CHRNB2 GENE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EXON; FAGERSTROM TEST FOR NICOTINE DEPENDENCE; FAMILY; FAMILY BASED ASSOCIATION TEST; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NICOTINE ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA4 SUBUNIT GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVISED TOLERANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 3042635325     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422194     Document Type: Article

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