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Acute severe alcohol-induced bronchial asthma.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jul 2001
Saito Y, Sasaki F, Tanaka I, Sato M, Okazawa M, Sakakibara H, Suetsugu S
Abstract excerpt
We report the case of a severe bronchial asthma attack 15 minutes after the ingestion of food containing small amounts of alcohol. Although an ethanol inhalation test was negative, an acetaldehyde inhalation test was positive. Furthermore, it was discovered that the patient was homozygous for a mutation of the aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH-2) gene. We subsequently diagnosed his attack as acute severe...
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