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. 2018;1(1):10.29011/CTMDM-101.100001.
doi: 10.29011/CTMDM-101.100001. Epub 2018 Sep 11.

Genetic Addiction Risk Score (GARS™) as a Predictor of Substance Use Disorder: Identifying Predisposition Not Diagnosis

Kenneth Blum  1   2   3   4   5   6   7 , Lisa Lott  1 , David Siwicki  1   5 , Lyle Fried  1 , Mary Hauser  5 , Thomas Simpatico  6 , David Baron  1   2 , Ahmed Howeedy  7 , Rajendra D Badgaiyan  1   8
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Genetic Addiction Risk Score (GARS™) as a Predictor of Substance Use Disorder: Identifying Predisposition Not Diagnosis

Kenneth Blum et al. Curr Trends Med Diagn Methods. 2018.
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Figure 1:
Illustrates the number of studies per genetic risk allele produced in 2014 and is reproduced with permission from Blum et. al [7].
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