Pro-Opiomelanocortin Gene Variation Related to Alcohol or Drug Dependence: Evidence and Replications Across Family- and Population-based Studies

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-136

  Zhang, Huiping ^a,b   Kranzler, Henry R ^c   Weiss, Roger D ^d,e   Luo, Xingguang ^a,b   Brady, Kathleen T ^f   Anton, Raymond F ^f   Farrer, Lindsay A ^g   Gelernter, Joel ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; case control study; drug dependence; family based study; logistic regression; population stratification; pro opioimelanocortin gene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; OPIATE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRATIFICATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67449103131     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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