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Severity of alcohol withdrawal symptoms and the T1128C polymorphism of the neuropeptide Y gene.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Nov 2002
Koehnke M D, Schick S, Lutz U, Willecke M, Koehnke A M, Kolb W, Gaertner I
Abstract excerpt
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) modulates ethanol drinking in rodents. The C-allele of the T1128C polymorphism of the human NPY gene has been previously associated with elevated alcohol consumption in a Finn population study. The present study tested the hypothesis that the T1128C polymorphism is associated with the diagnosis of alcoholism or with severe forms of alcohol withdrawal and with the daily consumption of alcohol...
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