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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1994
Kenneth Blum, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ernest P Noble, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Peter J Sheridan, San Antonio, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
In an important embodiment, the present invention concerns a method for diagnosing and detecting compulsive disorder susceptibility of an individual. The method comprises initially obtaining a DNA sample of said individual and then determining the presence or absence of particular human D.sub.2 receptor gene alleles in said sample. Detection of said alleles in the sample are indicative of predilection to compulsive disorder. A most preferred embodiment is to detect predisposition to impulsive, addictive, and compulsive disorders such as, but not limited to, alcoholism, obesity, smoking, polysubstance abuse and drug addiction, particularly because said alleles have been found to be present in a majority of individuals clinically diagnosed with these compulsive disorders. The human D.sub.2 receptor gene A1, B1, and .sup.In6-Ex7 haplotype I alleles are most preferably detected in said sample.