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Common genetic mechanisms in alcohol, drug, and mental disorder comorbidity.
Drug and alcohol dependence - 1 Aug 1995
Pickens R W, Svikis D S, McGue M, LaBuda M C
Abstract excerpt
Comorbid drug and mental disorders were assessed in 63 monozygotic (MZ) and 67 dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs. DSM-III alcohol dependence was heritable in males when probands had a comorbid DSM-III drug or mental disorder but not when probands had only alcohol dependence. For males, significantly higher cross-MZ than cross-DZ correlations were found between alcohol dependence in probands and certain mental and drug...
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