GABRG1 and GABRA2 Variation Associated with Alcohol Dependence in African Americans

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 588-593

  Ittiwut, Chupong ^a,b,c   Yang, Bao Zhu ^a,b   Kranzler, Henry R ^a,b,d   Anton, Raymond F ^e   Hirunsatit, Rungnapa ^f   Weiss, Roger D ^g   Covault, Jonathan ^d   Farrer, Lindsay A ^h   Gelernter, Joel ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f Institute of Pathology   (Thailand)

^g MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Populations; GABRA2; GABRG1; Genetic Association; Haplotypes; Linkage Disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA1;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOLISM; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 84859209784     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01637.x     Document Type: Article

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