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The DRD2 dopamine receptor and the candidate gene approach in alcoholism.
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). Supplement - 1 Jan 1993
Goldman D
Abstract excerpt
The cloning of the DRD2 dopamine receptor gene and discovery of an associated polymorphism permitted genetic association and linkage studies to alcoholism. Extensive allele frequency differences between populations provide an alternative explanation for explaining a DRD2 association to alcoholism which has been observed in some studies, but more frequently has not been replicated.
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