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Investigation of alcohol metabolizing enzyme genes in Chinese alcoholics with avascular necrosis of hip joint, pancreatitis and cirrhosis of the liver.
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) - 1 Jan 2000
Chao You-Chen, Wang Shyu-Jye, Chu Heng-Cheng, Chang Wei-Kuo, Hsieh Tsai-Yuan
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AIMS AND METHODS: Alcoholism may cause a range of diseases including avascular necrosis of the hip joint (AVN), cirrhosis of the liver, pancreatitis and oesophageal carcinoma. Chinese alcoholic patients diagnosed with AVN have a higher incidence of cirrhosis than of acute pancreatitis or oesophag...
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