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Defining alcohol-related phenotypes in humans. The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism.
Alcohol research & health : the journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - 1 Jan 2002
Bierut Laura Jean, Saccone Nancy L, Rice John P, Goate Alison, Foroud Tatiana, Edenberg Howard, Almasy Laura, Conneally P Michael, Crowe Raymond, Hesselbrock Victor, Li T K, Nurnberger John, Porjesz Bernice, Schuckit Marc A, Tischfield Jay, Begleiter Henri, Reich Theodore
Abstract excerpt
Alcoholism is a disease that runs in families and results at least in part from genetic risk factors. The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) is a Federally funded effort to identify and characterize those genetic factors. The study involves more than 1,000 alcoholic subjects and their families, with researchers conducting comprehensive psychological, physiological, electrophysiological, and...
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