Familial association of abstinent remission from alcohol use disorder in first-degree relatives of alcohol-dependent treatment-seeking probands.
Vivia V McCutcheonMarc A SchuckitJohn R KramerGrace ChanHoward J EdenbergTom L SmithAnnah K BenderVictor HesselbrockMichie HesselbrockKathleen K BucholzPublished in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2017)
The likelihood of abstinent remission among people with alcohol use disorder appears to be more than three times greater for individuals who are related to an abstinent proband versus those related to a proband with persistent alcohol use disorder.