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Chinese alcoholic patients with esophageal cancer are genetically different from alcoholics with acute pancreatitis and liver cirrhosis.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2000
Chao Y C, Wang L S, Hsieh T Y, Chu C W, Chang F Y, Chu H C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: It is a mystery why some alcoholic patients acquire certain organ-specific complications of alcoholism, whereas other alcoholic patients acquire different ones. The aim of this study was to investigate the differences among Chinese alcoholic patients with esophageal cancer, acute pancreatitis, and liver cirrhosis by studying the genetic polymorphisms of ADH2, ADH3, ALDH2, and P4502E1. METHODS: Liver...
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