title: Suggestive evidence of genetic linkage between alcoholism and the MNS blood group.
abstract: Thirty nuclear families ascertained through an alcoholic proband were studied using segregation and linkage analyses. Linkage was investigated between a putative alcoholism susceptibility (AS) gene and six blood group markers: ABO, Rhesus, Duffy, Kidd, Kell, and MNS. Evidence is presented suggestive of linkage between susceptibility to alcoholism and the MNS blood group.
authors.affiliation: Alcohol and Genetics Research Program, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aston
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rabin
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics*; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics; D007667:Kidd Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System; D005819:Genetic Markers; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System; D007667:Kidd Blood-Group System; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System