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Genetic markers of comorbid depression and alcoholism in women.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jun 2013
Procopio Daniela O, Saba Laura M, Walter Henriette, Lesch Otto, Skala Katrin, Schlaff Golda, Vanderlinden Lauren, Clapp Peter, Hoffman Paula L, Tabakoff Boris
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BACKGROUND: Alcohol dependence (AD) is often accompanied by comorbid depression. Recent clinical evidence supports the benefit of subtype-specific pharmacotherapy in treating the population of alcohol-dependent subjects with comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD). However, in many alcohol-dependent subjects, depression is a reactive response to chronic alcohol use and withdrawal and abates with a period of...
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