Article
Association of the D2 dopamine receptor A1 allele with alcoholism: medical severity of alcoholism and type of controls.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Feb 1997
Lawford B R, Young R M, Rowell J A, Gibson J N, Feeney G F, Ritchie T L, Syndulko K, Noble E P
Abstract excerpt
D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) A1 allele frequency was determined in alcoholics of varying medical severity from three different inpatient settings and in various controls. A1 frequency was .15 in 68 alcoholics in a detoxification unit (group A), .19 in 90 alcoholics in a rehabilitation unit (group...
Topics
- Alcohol Drinking
- Alcoholism
- Alleles
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Receptors, Dopamine D2
- Severity of Illness Index