Cargando…

A novel SNP in COMT is associated with alcohol dependence but not opiate or nicotine dependence: a case control study

BACKGROUND: It is well established that COMT is a strong candidate gene for substance use disorder and schizophrenia. Recently we identified two SNPs in COMT (rs4680 and rs165774) that are associated with schizophrenia in an Australian cohort. Individuals with schizophrenia were more than twice as l...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Voisey, Joanne, Swagell, Christopher D, Hughes, Ian P, Lawford, Bruce R, Young, Ross MD, Morris, C Phillip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3268714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22208661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-9081-7-51