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Genome-wide association study of opioid dependence: multiple associations mapped to calcium and potassium pathways.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Jul 2014
Gelernter Joel, Kranzler Henry R, Sherva Richard, Koesterer Ryan, Almasy Laura, Zhao Hongyu, Farrer Lindsay A
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BACKGROUND: We report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of two populations, African-American and European-American (AA, EA) for opioid dependence (OD) in three sets of subjects, to identify pathways, genes, and alleles important in OD risk. METHODS: The design employed three phases (on the basis of separate sample collections). Phase 1 included our discovery GWAS dataset consisting of 5697 subjects (58% AA)...
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