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Effects of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 genotype on cardiovascular and endocrine responses to alcohol in young Japanese subjects.
Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical - 29 Nov 2002
Nishimura Fusae T, Fukunaga Tatsushige, Kajiura Hideaki, Umeno Katsumi, Takakura Hiromasa, Ono Taketoshi, Nishijo Hisao
Abstract excerpt
The present study was designed to investigate the effects of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) genotype on cardiovascular and endocrine responses to alcohol ingestion in young, healthy Japanese subjects. For this purpose, we monitored changes in the electrocardiogram (ECG), blood pressure (BP), finger blood flow (BF) and facial skin temperature (FST) during and after alcohol ingestion (0.4 ml/kg body weight)....
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