Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 115-120 , October 2004

Association of polymorphisms in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 subunit gene (CHRNA4), μ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1), and ethanol-metabolizing enzyme genes with alcoholism in Korean patients

  • Soon Ae Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Eulji University School of Medicine, 143-5 Yongdu-Dong, Jung-Gu, Daejeon, 301-832, Korea
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  • Jong-Woo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Kohwang Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-Dong, Tongdaemoon-Gu, Seoul, 130-701, Korea
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  • Ji-Young Song

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-Dong, Tongdaemoon-Gu, Seoul, 130-701, Korea
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  • Sunny Park

      Affiliations

    • Seoul National Hospital, 30-1 Junggok3-Dong, Kwangjin-Ku, Seoul, 143-223, Korea
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  • Hee Jae Lee

      Affiliations

    • Kohwang Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-Dong, Tongdaemoon-Gu, Seoul, 130-701, Korea
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  • Joo-Ho Chung

      Affiliations

    • Kohwang Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-Dong, Tongdaemoon-Gu, Seoul, 130-701, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Kohwang Medical Research Institute, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-Dong, Tongdaemoon-Gu, Seoul, 130-701, Korea. Tel.: +82-2-961-0281; fax: +82-2-968-0560.

Received 31 January 2004 ,Revised 31 May 2004 ,Accepted 29 June 2004.

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PII: S0741-8329(04)00106-5

doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.06.004

Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 115-120 , October 2004

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