Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 221-224 , 1 February 2002

Association of a CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Gene (CNR1) polymorphism with severe alcohol dependence

  • Lutz G Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Mainz, Untere Zahlbacher Straße 8, D-55131 Mainz, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-6131-177335; fax: +49-6131-229974
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  • Jerzy Samochowiec

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Mainz, Untere Zahlbacher Straße 8, D-55131 Mainz, Germany
    • Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Broniewskiego 226, Pl-71-460 Szczecin, Poland
    • Department of Clinical Neurobiology University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Ulmenallee 32, D-14050 Berlin Germany
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  • Ulrich Finckh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Genetics, University Hospital Eppendorf, Butenfeld 42, D-22529 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Ewa Fiszer-Piosik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Broniewskiego 226, Pl-71-460 Szczecin, Poland
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  • Jan Horodnicki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Broniewskiego 226, Pl-71-460 Szczecin, Poland
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  • B Wendel

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research, Max–Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert Rössle-Strasse 10, D-13092 Berlin, Germany
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  • Hans Rommelspacher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurobiology University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Ulmenallee 32, D-14050 Berlin Germany
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  • Margret R Hoehe

      Affiliations

    • Genome Research, Max–Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert Rössle-Strasse 10, D-13092 Berlin, Germany

Received 13 June 2000 ,Accepted 27 April 2001.

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doi: 10.1016/S0376-8716(01)00164-8

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
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