Alcohol
Volume 44, Issue 5 , Pages 407-413 , August 2010

Alcohol dependence and glutamate decarboxylase gene polymorphisms in an Italian male population

  • Claudio Terranova

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    • Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 049-8272225; fax: +39 049-663155.
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  • Marianna Tucci

      Affiliations

    • Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy
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  • Giovanni Forza

      Affiliations

    • Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy
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  • Luisa Barzon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnology, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy
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  • Giorgio Palù

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnology, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy
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  • Santo Davide Ferrara

      Affiliations

    • Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy

Received 18 December 2009 ,Revised 31 May 2010 ,Accepted 31 May 2010.

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PII: S0741-8329(10)00062-5

doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2010.05.011

Alcohol
Volume 44, Issue 5 , Pages 407-413 , August 2010

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