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Association of substance dependence phenotypes in the COGA sample.
Addiction biology - 1 May 2015
Wetherill Leah, Agrawal Arpana, Kapoor Manav, Bertelsen Sarah, Bierut Laura J, Brooks Andrew, Dick Danielle, Hesselbrock Michie, Hesselbrock Victor, Koller Daniel L, Le Nhung, Nurnberger John I, Salvatore Jessica E, Schuckit Marc, Tischfield Jay A, Wang Jen-Chyong, Xuei Xiaoling, Edenberg Howard J, Porjesz Bernice, Bucholz Kathleen, Goate Alison M, Foroud Tatiana
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Alcohol and drug use disorders are individually heritable (50%). Twin studies indicate that alcohol and substance use disorders share common genetic influences, and therefore may represent a more heritable form of addiction and thus be more powerful for genetic studies. This study utilized data from 2322 subjects from 118 European-American families in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism sample...
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