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Marital status, alcohol dependence, and GABRA2: evidence for gene-environment correlation and interaction.
Journal of studies on alcohol - 1 Mar 2006
Dick Danielle M, Agrawal Arpana, Schuckit Marc A, Bierut Laura, Hinrichs Anthony, Fox Louis, Mullaney Joseph, Cloninger C Robert, Hesselbrock Victor, Nurnberger John I, Almasy Laura, Foroud Tatiana, Porjesz Bernice, Edenberg Howard, Begleiter Henri
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The gene GABRA2 has been associated with the risk for alcohol dependence in independent samples. This article explores how this genetic risk factor interacts with marital status, another factor previously shown to be associated with the risk for alcohol dependence. METHOD: Data from more than 1,900 male and female subjects from the Collaborative Study of the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) sample were...
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