Alcoholism and alleles of the human D2 dopamine receptor locus. Studies of association and linkage.

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1991.01810310073013

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Alcoholism and alleles of the human D2 dopamine receptor locus. Studies of association and linkage.

Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Jul 1991

Parsian A, Todd R D, Devor E J, O'Malley K L, Suarez B K, Reich T, Cloninger C R

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The association of the A1 allele of the D2 dopamine receptor gene with alcoholism was examined by comparing 32 unrelated white alcoholics with 25 unrelated white controls and by analysis of 17 nuclear families in multigenerational pedigrees of alcoholics in whom the A1 allele was segregating. All...

Topics

Alcoholism
Alleles
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Linkage
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pedigree
Receptors, Dopamine

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