Protective effect against alcohol dependence of the thermolabile variant of MTHFR

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 30-36

  Saffroy, Raphaël ^a   Benyamina, Amine ^b   Pham, Patrick ^a   Marill, Cathy ^b   Karila, Laurent ^b   Reffas, Maâmar ^a   Debuire, Brigitte ^a   Reynaud, Michel ^b   Lemoine, Antoinette ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Dependence; Homocysteine; MTHFR; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MTHFR GENE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 43649108109     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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