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A functional polymorphism in the promoter region of the monoamine oxidase A gene is associated with the cigarette smoking quantity in alcohol-dependent heavy smokers.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2006
Wiesbeck Gerhard A, Wodarz Norbert, Weijers Heinz-Gerd, Dursteler-MacFarland Kenneth M, Wurst Friedrich-M, Walter Marc, Boening Jobst
Abstract excerpt
Tobacco smoking represents a leading cause of morbidity and mortality with a strong dose-response relation between the amount of smoking and the risks of tobacco-related diseases and death. The quantity that is smoked is determined predominantly by genetic factors. The present study examined whether there is an association between the quantity of cigarettes smoked and length variation of a functional 30-bp repeat...
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