DOPA decarboxylase gene is associated with nicotine dependence

Pharmacogenomics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1159-1166

  Zhang, Heping ^a   Ye, Yuanqing ^a   Wang, Xueqing ^a   Gelernter, Joel ^a   Ma, Jennie Z ^b   Li, Ming D ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Haplotypes; Nicotine dependence; Ordinal traits; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7P; CHROMOSOME MAP; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 33845904424     PISSN: 14622416     EISSN: 17448042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14622416.7.8.1159     Document Type: Article

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