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No association of alcohol dependence with SLC6A5 and SLC6A9 glycine transporter polymorphisms.
Addiction biology - 1 Sept 2009
Koller Gabriele, Zill Peter, Fehr Christoph, Pogarell Oliver, Bondy Brigitta, Soyka Michael, Preuss Ulrich-Wilkelm
Abstract excerpt
To determine whether glycine transporter polymorphisms are associated with alcoholism, three genetic variants of SLC6A5 and two polymorphisms of SLC6A9 were genotyped in 463 German non-alcoholic controls and 644 German alcohol-dependent subjects. Association was investigated employing chi-square statistics and haplotype analysis. There was a significant association between the SLC6A5 polymorphism (rs1443547) and...
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