Pharmacogenetics of responses to alcohol and genes that influence alcohol drinking.

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OBJECTIVE: There is now compelling evidence for genetic influence on susceptibility to alcoholism. This article presents results from studies qualifying alcoholism as a pharmacogenetic disorder of the brain. METHOD: Studies from the author's research group and other investigators, of human subjects and experimental animal models, are reviewed. Included are experiments on the pharmacogenetics (elimination and...

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