A functional polymorphism in the promoter region of the monoamine oxidase A gene is associated with the cigarette smoking quantity in alcohol-dependent heavy smokers

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 181-185

  Wiesbeck, Gerhard A ^a   Wodarz, Norbert ^b   Weijers, Heinz Gerd ^c   Dürsteler MacFarland, Kenneth M ^a   Wurst, Friedrich M ^a   Walter, Marc ^a   Boening, Jobst ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c University of Applied Police Sciences   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heavy smoking, genetic predisposition; Monoamine oxidase A gene polymorphism; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; GENOMIC DNA; NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 33747444684     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093782     Document Type: Article

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