The Evidence for the Contribution of the Autism Susceptibility Candidate 2 (AUTS2) Gene in Heroin Dependence Susceptibility

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 811-819

  Dang, Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Qian ^c   Zhu, Yong Sheng ^a,c   Lu, Xiao Yun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xi an Mental Health Center   (China)

^c NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autism susceptibility candidate 2; Han population; Heroin dependence; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; AUTS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM SUSCEPTIBILITY CANDIDATE 2 GENE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS;

EID: 84914149532     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-014-0421-5     Document Type: Article

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