The SLC6A3 gene possibly affects susceptibility to late-onset alcohol dependence but not specific personality traits in a Han Chinese population

• Chang-Chih Huang,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, New Taipei City, R.O.C

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• Shin-Chang Kuo,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, R.O.C

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• Yi-Wei Yeh,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, R.O.C

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• Chun-Yen Chen,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, R.O.C

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• Che-Hung Yen,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chiayi Yang-Ming Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, R.O.C

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• Chih-Sung Liang,

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

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• Pei-Shen Ho,

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

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• Ru-Band Lu,

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Behavior Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, R.O.C

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• San-Yuan Huang

  * E-mail: hsy@mail.ndmctsgh.edu.tw

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, R.O.C

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