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COGA phenotypes and linkages on chromosome 2.
BMC genetics - 30 Dec 2005
Wiener Howard W, Go Rodney C P, Tiwari Hemant, George Varghese, Page Grier P
Abstract excerpt
An initial linkage analysis of the alcoholism phenotype as defined by DSM-III-R criteria and alcoholism defined by DSM-IV criteria showed many, sometimes striking, inconsistencies. These inconsistencies are greatly reduced by making the definition of alcoholism more specific. We defined new phenotypes combining the alcoholism definitions and the latent variables, defining an individual as affected if that...
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