DRD2 C957T and taqia Genotyping Reveals Gender Effects and Unique Low-Risk and High-Risk Genotypes in Alcohol Dependence

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 397-403

  Swagell, Christopher D ^a   Lawford, Bruce R ^a,b   Hughes, Ian P ^a   Voisey, Joanne ^a   Feeney, Gerald F X ^c   van Daal, Angela ^a   Connor, Jason P ^b,c   Noble, Ernest P ^d   Morris, C Phillip ^a   Young, Ross McD ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; C957T POLYMORPHISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84863992954     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/ags047     Document Type: Article

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