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A genome-wide search for quantitative trait Loci that influence antisocial drug dependence in adolescence.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Sept 2005
Stallings Michael C, Corley Robin P, Dennehey Briana, Hewitt John K, Krauter Kenneth S, Lessem Jeffrey M, Mikulich-Gilbertson Susan K, Rhee Soo Hyun, Smolen Andrew, Young Susan E, Crowley Thomas J
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BACKGROUND: Among adolescents, externalizing problem behavior and substance use disorders are often comorbid. Familial influences, including shared genetic risk factors, may account for part of this comorbidity. Previously we reported 2 chromosomal regions (3q24-3q25 and 9q34) likely to contain genes that influence substance dependence vulnerability (DV) in adolescence. OBJECTIVES: To identify quantitative trait...
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