Article
D2 dopamine receptor TaqI A alleles in medically ill alcoholic and nonalcoholic patients.
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) - 1 Nov 1994
Noble E P, Syndulko K, Fitch R J, Ritchie T, Bohlman M C, Guth P, Sheridan P J, Montgomery A, Heinzmann C, Sparkes R S
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of TaqI A alleles of the D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) gene was examined in two subgroups of medically ill nonalcoholics (more prevalent and less prevalent substance users, MPSU and LPSU, respectively) and in two subgroups of medically ill alcoholics (more severe and less severe alcoholics, MSA and LSA, respectively). The prevalence of the A1 allele in the 80 nonalcoholic and 73 alcoholic patients...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alcoholism
- Alleles
- DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Illicit Drugs
- Liver Diseases, Alcoholic
- Male