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Monoamine oxidase: associations with alcohol dependence, smoking and other measures of psychopathology.
Psychological medicine - 1 Mar 2000
Whitfield J B, Pang D, Bucholz K K, Madden P A, Heath A C, Statham D J, Martin N G
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BACKGROUND: Many reports have appeared on associations between platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity and susceptibility to psychiatric conditions; principally alcohol dependence but also conduct disorder, other drug use and depression. Recently, it has become apparent that MAO activity is inhibited by some component of cigarette smoke, and smokers have low platelet MAO activity. Since the prevalence of...
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