DBH*444G/A polymorphism of the dopamine-β-hydroxylase gene is associated with alcoholism but not with severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 869-876

  Kohnke M D ^a   Kolb, W ^b   Kohnke A M ^a   Lutz, U ^a   Schick, S ^a   Batra, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Wilhelmsheim Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; DBH; Delirium; Polymorphism; Seizure; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; GENOMIC DNA; CATECHOLAMINE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEIZURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 33745509896     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-005-0365-6     Document Type: Article

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