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REVIEW: The genetics of alcoholism: identifying specific genes through family studies
1 Sept 2006
Abstract excerpt
Alcoholism is a complex disorder with both genetic and environmental risk factors. Studies in humans have begun to elucidate the genetic underpinnings of the risk for alcoholism. Here we briefly review strategies for identifying individual genes in which variations affect the risk for alcoholism and related phenotypes, in the context of one large study that has successfully identified such genes. The...
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