GABRB2 Haplotype Association with Heroin Dependence in Chinese Population. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Substance dependence is a frequently observed comorbid disorder in schizophrenia, but little is known about genetic factors possibly shared between the two psychotic disorders.
Yung Su Kim +14 more
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Multivariate analysis of dopaminergic gene variants as risk factors of heroin dependence. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: Heroin dependence is a debilitating psychiatric disorder with complex inheritance. Since the dopaminergic system has a key role in rewarding mechanism of the brain, which is directly or indirectly targeted by most drugs of abuse, we focus on ...
Andrea Vereczkei +7 more
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Buprenorphine for the treatment of heroin dependence [PDF]
Drug and Alcohol Review, 2001 (2001). Buprenorphine for the treatment of heroin dependence. Drug and Alcohol Review: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 5-7.
Alison Ritter
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Association between serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and heroin dependence: a meta-analytic study [PDF]
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2016 Pao-Yen Lin,* Yi-Shan Wu* Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan *These authors contributed equally to this work Background: Studies have examined the ...
Lin PY, Wu YS
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Opioid Receptors Gene Polymorphism and Heroin Dependence in Iran [PDF]
Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 2018 Introduction: Genes often have multiple polymorphisms that interact with each other and the environment in different individuals. Variability in the opioid receptors can influence opiate withdrawal and dependence.
Sara Soleimani Asl +7 more
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Patterns and Predictors of Heroin Use, Remission, and Psychiatric Health Among People with Heroin Dependence: Key Findings from the 18-20-Year Follow-Up of the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS). [PDF]
Int J Ment Health Addict, 2023 Marel C +11 more
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Cost-effectiveness of buprenorphine and naltrexone treatments for heroin dependence in Malaysia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 To aid public health policymaking, we studied the cost-effectiveness of buprenorphine, naltrexone, and placebo interventions for heroin dependence in Malaysia.We estimated the cost-effectiveness ratios of three treatments for heroin dependence. We used a
Jennifer Prah Ruger +4 more
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Treatment of an HIV-affected adolescent with heroin dependence in a low-income country: A clinical case study from Zambia [PDF]
Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2018 Introduction: Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended guidelines for the treatment of opioid dependence, there are myriad challenges to successfully implementing such guidelines in resource constrained settings, such as in low and ...
Christopher Akiba +5 more
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Prevalence and correlates of suicide attempt among Chinese individuals receiving methadone maintenance treatment for heroin dependence. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Zhong BL, Xie WX, Zhu JH, Lu J, Chen H.
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NERVE GROWTH FACTOR GENE POLYMORPHISMS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH HEROIN DEPENDENCE IN WOMEN BUT DO NOT MEDIATE IMPULSIVITY AND SPECIFIC PERSONALITY TRAITS [PDF]
Int J NeuropsychopharmacolSan‐Yuan Huang, Meng-Hsiu SHIH
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