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Allelic association between D2 but not D1 dopamine receptor gene and alcoholism in Finland.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1997
Hietala J, Pohjalainen T, Heikkilä-Kallio U, West C, Salaspuro M, Syvälahti E
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We studied the relationship of D2 and D1 receptor gene polymorphisms and alcoholism in male Finnish alcoholics and assessed male controls. Seventy alcoholics entering a detoxification programme and 50 control individuals were recruited. Forty-three per cent of the alcoholic patients, but only 22% of controls, had the D2 receptor gene TaqI A restriction fragment length polymorphism A1 allele. The frequency of the...
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