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Alcoholism, ALDH2*2 allele and the A1 allele of the dopamine D2 receptor gene: an association study.
Psychiatry research - 10 Oct 2001
Matsushita S, Muramatsu T, Murayama M, Nakane J, Higuchi S
Abstract excerpt
The inactive form of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) is regarded as a protective factor against the development of alcoholism, and alcoholics with inactive ALDH2 are considered to be relatively homogeneous. This examination of a possible allelic association of the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene TaqI A polymorphism failed to detect significant differences between 583 Japanese alcoholics and 295 unrelated...
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