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Association between AUTS2 haplotypes and alcohol dependence in a Japanese population.
Acta neuropsychiatrica - 1 Aug 2016
Narita Shin, Nagahori Kenta, Nishizawa Daisuke, Yoshihara Eiji, Kawai Atsuko, Ikeda Kazutaka, Iwahashi Kazuhiko
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Recent genome-wide analysis has indicated that the autism susceptibility candidate 2 (AUTS2) gene is involved in the regulation of alcohol consumption. We hypothesised that AUTS2 might be associated with the development of alcohol dependence. Therefore, in this exploratory study, we compared the genotype and allele frequencies of the polymorphisms rs6943555 and rs9886351 in the AUTS2 gene between...
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