PROP taster status and parental history of alcohol dependence.

doi:10.1016/s0376-8716(98)00081-7

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PROP taster status and parental history of alcohol dependence.

Drug and alcohol dependence - 1 Oct 1998

Kranzler H R, Skipsey K, Modesto-Lowe V

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Pelchat and Danowski [Physiol. Behav. 1992;51:1261-1266] reported an association between the ability to taste 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) and a parental history of alcoholism. Kranzler et al. [Alcohol Clin. Exp. Res. 1996a;20:1496-1500] previously failed to replicate these findings in a sample of...

Topics

Adult
Alcoholism
Child of Impaired Parents
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Propylthiouracil
Taste
Taste Threshold

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