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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1992
Kenneth Blum, San Antonio, TX (US);
E P Noble, Los Angeles, CA (US);
P J Sheridan, San Antonio, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Regents of the University of California, Berkeley, CA (US);
Abstract
In an important embodiment, the present invention concerns a method for detecting compulsive disorder susceptibility of a human. The method comprises initially obtaining a DNA sample of said human and then determining the presence or absence of a particular human D.sub.2 receptor gene allele in said sample. Detection of said allele in the sample is indicative of susceptibility to compulsive disorder. A most preferred embodiment is to detect a susceptibility to alcoholism and cocaine dependence, particularly because said allele has been found to be present in a majority of clinically diagnosed alcoholics and cocaine users. The human D.sub.2 receptor gene A1 and B1 alleles are most preferably detected in said sample.