Molecular biology of alcohol dependence, a complex polygenic disorder.

doi:10.1515/CCLM.1998.111

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Molecular biology of alcohol dependence, a complex polygenic disorder.

Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Aug 1998

Whitfield J B, Nightingale B N, O'Brien M E, Heath A C, Birley A J, Martin N G

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Alcohol dependence, and the medical conditions which arise from prolonged excessive alcohol use, have no single cause. Like other complex diseases, they result from a combination of social, personal and genetic contributions; but within any society genetic variation has a substantial influence on...

Topics

Adult
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Alcoholism
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Risk Factors

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