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Possible involvement of the circadian pathway in alcohol use disorder in a South African adolescent cohort.
Metabolic brain disease - 1 Feb 2016
Dalvie Shareefa, King Anthony, Fein George, Ramesar Raj, Stein Dan J
Abstract excerpt
Alcoholism has an estimated heritability of between 40 and 60% and it is thought that several genes of small effect may contribute to the risk of developing this disorder. Studies of the genetics of alcohol use disorder (AUD) may, however, be confounded by issues of comorbidity. The aim of this investigation was to assess associations between variants in a range of candidate genes and AUD in a unique sample of...
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