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Potential associations among genetic markers in the serotonergic system and the antisocial alcoholism subtype.
Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology - 1 May 1999
Hill E M, Stoltenberg S F, Burmeister M, Closser M, Zucker R A
Abstract excerpt
Alcoholism is transmitted in families. The complexity and heterogeneity of this disorder has made it difficult to identify specific genetic correlates. One design with the potential to do so is the family-based association study, in which the frequencies of genetic polymorphisms are compared between affected and nonaffected members. Reduced central serotonin neurotransmission is associated with features of an...
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