Alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase polymorphisms and risk for suicide: A preliminary observation in the Japanese male population

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 498-502

  Hishimoto, A ^a   Fukutake, M ^a   Mouri, K ^a   Nagasaki, Y ^b   Asano, M ^a   Ueno, Y ^a   Nishiguchi, N ^a,c   Shirakawa, O ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Medical Examiner's Office of Hyogo Prefecture   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADH1B; alcohol dehydrogenase; ALDH2; association study; mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase; polymorphism; suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; SUICIDE;

EID: 77954323274     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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