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Original Investigations

Association of VNTR polymorphisms in the MAOA promoter and DRD4 exon 3 with heroin dependence in male Chinese addicts

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Pages 409-416 | Received 06 May 2009, Accepted 10 Jul 2009, Published online: 10 Mar 2010

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