The association between the SLC6A3 VNTR 9-repeat allele and alcoholism-a meta-analysis

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1625-1634

  Du, Yanlei ^a,b   Nie, Yuqiang ^a   Li, Yuyuan ^a   Wan, Yu Jui Y ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Dopamine transporter; Meta analysis; Mexican American; Variable number tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ETHANOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 80052036009     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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