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Editorial
. 2023 Aug 1;180(8):530-532.
doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230456.

Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Use Disorder: Exposing an Increasingly Shared Genetic Architecture

Julie D White  1 , Laura J Bierut  1
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Editorial

Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Use Disorder: Exposing an Increasingly Shared Genetic Architecture

Julie D White et al. Am J Psychiatry. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Alcohol; Genetics/Genomics; Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Bierut is listed as an inventor on a patent covering the use of certain SNPs in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of addiction. Dr. White reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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