Alcohol use disorder and GABAB receptor gene polymorphisms in an Italian sample: haplotype frequencies, linkage disequilibrium and association studies

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 384-388

  Caputo, Fabio ^a,b   Ciminelli, Bianca Maria ^c   Jodice, Carla ^c   Blasi, Paola ^c   Vignoli, Teo ^a   Cibin, Mauro ^a   Zoli, Giorgio ^a   Malaspina, Patrizia ^c  

^a Day Hospital Medical Oncology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AUD; GABBR1; GABBR2; Single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; DISABILITY; DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH RISK; RECOMBINATION; SAMPLING;

ITALY;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; GABA TYPE B RECEPTOR, SUBUNIT 1; GABBR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-B;

EID: 85012931031     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2017.1287307     Document Type: Article

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