A systematic gene-based screen of chr4q22-q32 identifies association of a novel susceptibility gene, DKK2, with the quantitative trait of alcohol dependence symptom counts

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2497-2506

  Kalsi, Gursharan ^a   Kuo, Po Hsiu ^b   Aliev, Fazil ^a,c   Alexander, Jeffry ^a   McMichael, Omari ^a   Patterson, Diana G ^d   Walsh, Dermot ^e   Zhao, Zhongming ^f   Schuckit, Marc ^g   Nurnberger, John Jr ^h   Edenberg, Howard ⁱ   Kramer, John ^j   Vladimirov, Vladimir ^a   Prescott, Carol A ^k   Dick, Danielle M ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   Riley, Brien P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Institute of Psychiatric Research   (United States)

ⁱ INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADH GENE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DKK2 GENE; EGF GENE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALCOHOLISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77955312372     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq112     Document Type: Article

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