Allelic and haplotypic association of GABRA2 with alcohol dependence

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 129 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 104-109

  Covault, Jonathan ^a   Gelernter, Joel ^b   Hesselbrock, Victor ^a   Nellissery, Maggie ^a   Kranzler, Henry R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; GABA(A) receptor; GABRA2; Psychiatric genetics

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4P; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GABRA2 GENE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 3343022586     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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