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Subtypes of alcohol-dependent men: a typology based on relative genetic and environmental loading.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Nov 1996
Johnson E O, van den Bree M B, Pickens R W
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Using scales that distinguish between relative genetic and environmental loading, cluster analysis was used to identify three subtypes of alcohol dependence in Caucasian men from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area study (n = 911). Although all subjects met DSM-III criteria for alcohol dependence, only the severe subtype showed evidence of substantial genetic influence. When compared on a range of clinical...
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