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Association of genetic variants in alcohol dehydrogenase 4 with alcohol dependence in Brazilian patients.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 May 2005
Guindalini Camila, Scivoletto Sandra, Ferreira Ricardo G M, Breen Gerome, Zilberman Monica, Peluso Marco Aurélio, Zatz Mayana
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the association of three functional promoter polymorphisms of the ADH4 gene with alcohol dependence. METHOD: DNA from 92 alcohol-dependent patients and 92 healthy comparison subjects was genotyped for all three polymorphisms. RESULTS: Variants at the -75 base-pair (bp) (C allele) and -159 bp (A allele) positions were associated with alcohol dependence. Individuals with haplotypes...
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