Family-based study of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene polymorphism in alcohol dependence

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 938-941

  Grzywacz, Anna ^a   Samochowiec, Agnieszka ^a,b   Ciechanowicz, Andrzej ^a   Samochowiec, Jerzy ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; BDNF; Family; Gene; TDT (transmission disequilibrium test); Trios

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79551490032     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1734-1140(10)70354-6     Document Type: Article

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