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Linkage disequilibria at the D2 dopamine receptor locus (DRD2) in alcoholics and controls.
Genomics - 1 Jan 1994
Suarez B K, Parsian A, Hampe C L, Todd R D, Reich T, Cloninger C R
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Because of its central role in the neuromodulation of appetitive behaviors, the D2 dopamine receptor gene (DRD2) has received considerable scrutiny as a possible candidate that may affect susceptibility to additive behaviors--especially alcoholism. Association studies that compare the frequencies of anonymous restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) in alcoholics and controls have yielded equivocal...
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