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Family-based study of DRD2 alleles in alcohol and drug dependence.
American journal of medical genetics - 9 Oct 2000
Blomqvist O, Gelernter J, Kranzler H R
Abstract excerpt
Numerous case-control studies have addressed the hypothesis that variant alleles of the dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) increase the liability for alcohol and/or drug dependence, and both positive and negative results have been reported. Because population frequencies of these alleles vary considerably, the conflicting results could be due to population stratification bias. Using the transmission disequilibrium...
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