Influence of brain-derived neurotrophic factor genetic polymorphisms on the ages of onset for heroin dependence in a Chinese population

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1044-1050

  Meng, Chao ^a   Lan, Jie ^a   Wang, Youxin ^b   Song, Manshu ^b   Gao, Xuan ^a   Ran, Longjin ^a   Moira, Sim ^c   Wang, Wei ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866243125     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2012.0016     Document Type: Article

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