Genetics and alcoholism.

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Genetics and alcoholism.

Neurobehavioral toxicology and teratology - 1 Jan 2000

Cruz-Coke R

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This review summarizes the evidence which supports the hypothesis that alcoholism is an inherited disease. (1) Genealogical studies showed that alcoholism is a family condition. (2) Studies of adopted children of alcoholic parents raised by foster parents demonstrated that family aggregation is o...

Topics

Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Alcohol Oxidoreductases
Alcoholism
Diseases in Twins
Ethanol
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Carrier Screening
Genetic Markers
Genotype
Humans
Polymorphism, Genetic

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