The association between high-activity COMT allele and alcoholism

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 231-235

  Šerý, Omar ^a   Didden, William ^b   Mikeš, Vladimír ^a   Pitelová, Renáta ^a   Znojil, Vladimír ^a   Zvolský, Petr ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b GHC Research Institute   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Association; COMT; Gene; Val158Met polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33745645427     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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