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Association study of DRD2 and MAOA genes with subtyped alcoholism comorbid with bipolar disorder in Han Chinese.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 10 Jan 2013
Hu Ming-Chuan, Lee Sheng-Yu, Wang Tzu-Yun, Chen Shiou-Lan, Chang Yun-Hsuan, Chen Shih-Heng, Chu Chun-Hsien, Wang Chen-Lin, Lee I Hui, Yeh Tzung Lieh, Yang Yen Kuang, Lu Ru-Band
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BACKGROUND: Several studies have hypothesized that genes involved in the dopamine system, including dopamine type-2 receptor (DRD2)-related TaqIA polymorphism and monoamine oxidase-A upstream variable number tandem repeat (uVNTR), may be associated with alcoholism. But their results were contradictory because of alcoholism's heterogeneity. Therefore, we examined whether the DRD2TaqIA and MAOA-uVNTR gene...
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