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Identification of susceptibility loci for alcohol-related traits in the Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Nov 2006
Kuo Po-Hsiu, Neale Michael C, Riley Brien P, Webb Bradley Todd, Sullivan Patrick F, Vittum Jen, Patterson Diana G, Thiselton Dawn L, van den Oord Edwin J, Walsh Dermot, Kendler Kenneth S, Prescott Carol A
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BACKGROUND: Alcoholism is a phenotypically and probably genetically heterogeneous condition. Thus, one strategy for finding genes influencing liability to alcoholism is to study the components of alcoholism, which may be more directly related to the underlying pathophysiology than is clinical diagnosis. The goal of this study was to identify genomic regions containing susceptibility loci for alcohol-related...
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