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Association of D2 dopamine receptor and alcohol dehydrogenase 2 genes with Polynesian alcoholics.
European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists - 1 Mar 2000
Amadéo S, Noble E P, Fourcade-Amadéo M L, Tetaria C, Brugiroux M F, Nicolas L, Deparis X, Elbaz A, Zhang X, Ritchie T, Martin P V, Mallet J
Abstract excerpt
Alleles of the D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) and the alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (ADH2) genes were determined in 69 French Polynesian alcoholic patients and 57 controls matched for racial origin. Three racial groups were studied: pure Polynesians (PP), Polynesians mixed with Caucasian (PCA) ancestry and Polynesians mixed with Chinese (PCH) ancestry. DRD2 A1 allele frequencies in the alcoholics compared to their...
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