Alcohol dependence in same-sex and opposite-sex twins

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1561-1564

  Lenz, Bernd ^a   Müller, Christian P ^a   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Testosterone; Twin studies; Twin testosterone transfer

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84878369569     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-012-0907-7     Document Type: Article

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