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The role of alcohol dehydrogenase 2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 genotypes in alcohol-induced vasospastic angina.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Apr 1999
Seki T, Okayama H, Isoyama S, Kagaya Y, Shirato K, Munakata K, Kanazawa M, Tamaki K, Hiramoto T, Okayama M, Kasahara S
Abstract excerpt
Alcohol ingestion often provokes attacks in patients with vasospastic angina. Type 2 aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) deficiency, which is based on a single point mutation (Glu487Lys) of the ALDH2 gene, is common in the Japanese population, but rare among the Caucasian population. We investigated how the genotype of ALDH2 affects the characteristics of alcohol-induced vasospastic angina. Ninety-one patients with...
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