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Dopamine D4 receptor gene exon III polymorphism associated with binge drinking attitudinal phenotype.
Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) - 1 May 2009
Vaughn Michael G, Beaver Kevin M, DeLisi Matt, Howard Matthew O, Perron Brian E
Abstract excerpt
Although binge drinking is a serious public health problem, relatively few studies have investigated the relationship between specific dopaminergic genes such as the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) and binge drinking attitudinal phenotypes. This study used the DNA subsample (N=233, mean age 19.8, standard deviation,0.89) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to investigate the association between a...
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