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Common single nucleotide variants underlying drug addiction: more than a decade of research.
Addiction biology - 1 Sept 2015
Bühler Kora-Mareen, Giné Elena, Echeverry-Alzate Victor, Calleja-Conde Javier, de Fonseca Fernando Rodriguez, López-Moreno Jose Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Drug-related phenotypes are common complex and highly heritable traits. In the last few years, candidate gene (CGAS) and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a huge number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with drug use, abuse or dependence, mainly related to alcohol or nicotine. Nevertheless, few of these associations have been replicated in independent studies. The aim of...
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