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Genome-wide association study of copy number variants suggests LTBP1 and FGD4 are important for alcohol drinking.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Pei Yu-Fang, Zhang Lei, Yang Tie-Lin, Han Yingying, Hai Rong, Ran Shu, Tian Qing, Shen Hui, Li Jian, Zhu Xue-Zhen, Luo Xingguang, Deng Hong-Wen
Abstract excerpt
Alcohol dependence (AD) is a complex disorder characterized by psychiatric and physiological dependence on alcohol. AD is reflected by regular alcohol drinking, which is highly inheritable. In this study, to identify susceptibility genes associated with alcohol drinking, we performed a genome-wide association study of copy number variants (CNVs) in 2,286 Caucasian subjects with Affymetrix SNP6.0 genotyping array....
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