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Association of VMAT2 gene polymorphisms with alcohol dependence.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Aug 2013
Fehr Christoph, Sommerlad Daniel, Sander Thomas, Anghelescu Ion, Dahmen Norbert, Szegedi Armin, Mueller Christiana, Zill Peter, Soyka Michael, Preuss Ulrich W
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Alcohol-related diseases cause significant harm in the western world. Up to 65 % of the phenotypic variance is genetically determined. Few candidate genes have been identified, comprising ADH4, ALDH2, COMT, CRHR1, DAT (SLC6A3), GABRA2 and MAOA. While abnormalities in the dopaminergic mesolimbic r...
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