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Is there a genetic relationship between alcoholism and depression?
Alcohol research & health : the journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - 1 Jan 2002
Nurnberger John I, Foroud Tatiana, Flury Leah, Meyer Eric T, Wiegand Ryan
Abstract excerpt
The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) seeks to identify genes contributing to alcoholism and related traits (i.e., phenotypes), including depression. Among alcoholic subjects the COGA study found an increased prevalence of depressive syndrome (i.e., depression that may or may not occur in conjunction with increased drinking). This combination of alcoholism and depression tends to run in...
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