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Association between DRD2/ANKK1 Taq1A genotypes, depression and smoking cessation with nicotine replacement therapy.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Aug 2011
Stapleton John Andrew, Sutherland Gay, O'Gara Colin, Spirling Lucy I, Ball David
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OBJECTIVES: Tobacco dependence and depression are believed to have a common familial component, most probably genetic, and mood disorders have been reliably associated with failure to stop smoking. Variant genotypes of the Taq1A (DRD2/ANKK1, 32806T, rs1800497) polymorphism have been associated with failure to stop smoking in some studies, but not others. We investigated the association between Taq1A genotypes and...
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