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Analysis of 5-hydroxytryptamine 2c receptor gene promoter variants as alcohol-dependence risk factors.
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) - 1 Jan 2000
Mottagui-Tabar Salim, McCarthy Shane, Reinemund Jana, Andersson Björn, Wahlestedt Claes, Heilig Markus
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To examine whether polymorphic variants of the HTR2C gene are associated with diagnosis of alcohol dependence. METHODS: We compared allele frequencies of five HTR2C promoter polymorphisms in a Nordic population of alcohol dependent individuals (Males: n = 309; Females: n = 127) and ethnically matched controls (Males: n = 83; Females: n = 190) in whom alcohol dependence was established, or any diagnosis of...
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