ALLELIC ASSOCIATION OF THE HUMAN DOPAMINE (D2) RECEPTOR GENE IN COMPULSIVE DISORDERS SUCH AS ALCOHOLISM

摘要

in an embodiment, the invention relates to a method of diagnosing the predisposition of an individual to compulsive disease. the process involves initially to obtain a dna sample from the individual, and to determine the presence or absence within the sample, a human gene allele d2 receptor.detection of allele in the sample indicates susceptibility to compulsive disease. in a particularly preferred embodiment is to detect the susceptibility of becoming an alcoholic, especially since it has detected the presence of the allele in a majority of alcoholics with clinical symptoms.we detected, preferably in the sample, the d2 receptor gene a1 allele.