Mutation screen of the GAD2 gene and association study of alcoholism in three populations

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-192

  Lappalainen, Jaakko ^a,b,g   Krupitsky, Evgeny ^c   Kranzler, Henry R ^d   Lue, Xingguang ^a,b   Remizov, Mikhail ^c   Pchelina, Sofia ^c   Taraskina, Anastaisa ^c   Zvartau, Edwin ^c   Räsanen, Pirkko ^e   Makikyro, Taru ^e   Somberg, Lucia K ^a,b   Krystal, John H ^a,b   Stein, Murray B ^f   Gelernter, Joel ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; GABA; Genetics; Glutamate decarboxylase; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GAD2 GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISPANIC; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; ISOENZYME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047272984     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30377     Document Type: Article

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