Val158Met COMT polymorphism and risk of aggression in alcohol dependence

Addiction Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 197-204

  Soyka, Michael ^a,b   Zill, Peter ^a   Koller, Gabi ^a   Samochowiec, Agnieszka ^d   Grzywacz, Anna ^e   Preuss, Ulrich W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Privatklinik Meiringen ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Department of Psychiatry   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^e POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aggression; alcohol; alcoholism; COMT; genetics

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DELINQUENCY; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRIME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CRIME; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84919838607     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12098     Document Type: Article

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