D2 dopamine receptor gene and alcoholism
✍ Scribed by Stéphane Amadéo; Mokrane Abbar; Marie Line Fourcade; Gilles Waksman; Marie Gaelle Leroux; Andree Madec; Michel Selin; Jean-Claude Champiat; Annie Brethome; Yves Leclaire; Didier Castelnau; Jean-Luc Venisse; Jacques Mallet
- Book ID
- 113182494
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 504 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3956
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