Article
Genetic markers of alcohol abuse.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 17 Jan 1997
Ferguson R A, Goldberg D M
Abstract excerpt
In this paper, we review the current status of genetic markers for the development of alcohol abuse. Family, twin, half-sibling and adoption studies of alcoholic subjects suggest that the heritability of liability to alcoholism is at least 50%. These findings have fuelled intensive investigation in the fields of neurology, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology aimed at the identification of markers for the...
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