Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 2 , Pages 113-119 , 15 March 2002

Analysis of monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) promoter polymorphism in Finnish male alcoholics

  • Takuya Saito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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  • Herbert M. Lachman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
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  • Libna Diaz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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  • Tero Hallikainen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 320 Fin-00029, HUS, Finland
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  • Jussi Kauhanen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
    • Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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  • Jukka T. Salonen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
    • Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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  • Olli-Pekka Ryynänen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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  • Matti K. Karvonen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Kiinanmyllynkatu 10, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
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  • Erkka Syvälahti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Kiinanmyllynkatu 10, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
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  • Tiina Pohjalainen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Turku, Kiinanmyllynkatu 10, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
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  • Jarmo Hietala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Turku University Central Hospital, Kiinanmyllynkatu 10, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
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  • Jari Tiihonen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 320 Fin-00029, HUS, Finland

Received 9 May 2001 ,Revised 19 December 2001 ,Accepted 23 January 2002.

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Psychiatry Research
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