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Tyrosine hydroxylase Val-81-Met polymorphism associated with early-onset alcoholism.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Mar 2005
Dahmen Norbert, Völp Markus, Singer Peter, Hiemke Christoph, Szegedi Armin
Abstract excerpt
The present study examined the association of the Tyrosine hydroxylase Val-81-Met polymorphism with alcohol dependence. One hundred and fifty-nine patients in a psychiatric unit with alcohol dependence were genotyped as well as 92 healthy volunteers. The Val allele was more frequent in patients with alcohol dependence (69.5%) than in controls (62.5%). This effect was largely due to the association with...
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