Genetics of addictions.
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SUBMITTER: Hartz SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3047504 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
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Genetics of addictions.
Hartz Sarah M SM Bierut Laura J LJ
The Psychiatric clinics of North America 20100301 1
Addictions include a group of common, heritable psychiatric illnesses that have multiple psychiatric and medical comorbidities. Robust genetic associations have been found for alcohol dependence, nicotine dependence, and cocaine dependence. Common genetic associations have been found between alcohol dependence and aerodigestive cancers and between nicotine dependence and lung disease. These associations highlight the importance of understanding the genetics of substance dependence in the context ...[more]
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