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Genetic variation in dopamine pathways differentially associated with smoking progression in adolescence.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1 Jun 2008
Laucht Manfred, Becker Katja, Frank Josef, Schmidt Martin H, Esser Günter, Treutlein Jens, Skowronek Markus H, Schumann Gunter
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OBJECTIVE: To clarify the nature of the association between dopamine genes and smoking by examining whether genetic variability in components of the dopamine pathway could explain refined phenotypes in adolescent smoking progression. METHOD: Data are from an ongoing prospective study of the long-term outcome of early risk factors studied since birth. At age 15 years, 220 participants (108 males, 112 females)...
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