Glutamate decarboxylase genes and alcoholism in Han Taiwanese men

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1817-1823

  Loh, El Wui ^a   Lane, Hsien Yuan ^b   Chen, Chien Hsiun ^c   Chang, Pi Shan ^c   Ku, Li Wen ^c   Wang, Kathy H T ^c   Cheng, Andrew T A ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric Acid; Alcohol Dependence; Anxiety Disorders; Glutamate Decarboxylase Genes

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 1; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 2; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELF MEDICATION; TAIWAN; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33750290923     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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