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Linkage analyses of cannabis dependence, craving, and withdrawal in the San Francisco family study.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Apr 2010
Ehlers Cindy L, Gizer Ian R, Vieten Cassandra, Wilhelmsen Kirk C
Abstract excerpt
Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States. There is ample evidence that cannabis use has a heritable component, yet the genes underlying cannabis use disorders are yet to be completely identified. This study's aims were to map susceptibility loci for cannabis use and dependence and two narrower cannabis-related phenotypes of "craving" and "withdrawal" using a family study design....
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