Lack of association of alcohol dependence and habitual smoking with catechol-O-methyltransferase

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1773-1779

  Foroud, Tatiana ^a   Wetherill, Leah Flury ^a   Dick, Danielle M ^b   Hesselbrock, Victor ^c   Nurnberger Jr , John I ^a   Kramer, John ^d   Tischfield, Jay ^e   Schuckit, Marc ^f   Bierut, Laura J ^b   Xuei, Xiaoling ^a   Edenberg, Howard J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; COMT; Family Study; Genetic Association; Smoking; SNP

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 35348989773     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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