The TTTAn aromatase (CYP19A1) polymorphism is associated with compulsive craving of male patients during alcohol withdrawal

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1261-1264

  Lenz, Bernd ^a   Heberlein, Annemarie ^a,b   Bayerlein, Kristina ^a   Frieling, Helge ^a,b   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^a,b   Hillemacher, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; Aromatase; Craving; CYP19A1; Dependence; Leptin; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TTTAN REPEAT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOLISM; AROMATASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 80051471704     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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