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Case-control association analysis of dopamine receptor polymorphisms in alcohol dependence: a pilot study in Indian males.
BMC research notes - 17 Oct 2013
Prasad Pushplata, Ambekar Atul, Vaswani Meera
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BACKGROUND: Brain imaging studies and knock-out animal models have derived substantial abetment for dopamine receptor (DR) subtypes as potential candidates in susceptibility to addictive disorders, including alcohol dependence (AD). Various association studies that compared the frequencies of alleles of the dopamine D1, D2, D3 and D4 receptor genes between alcohol dependent and control subjects have produced...
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