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Women and alcohol susceptibility: could differences in alcohol metabolism predispose women to alcohol-related diseases?
Archives of women's mental health - 1 Nov 2003
Ward R J, Coutelle Ch
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These present studies have identified some important differences between male and female subjects in ethanol pharmacokinetics. The development of alcohol misuse in female subjects clearly altered the rate of ethanol elimination as well as increasing the circulating levels of blood acetaldehyde. The identification of an increased level of acetaldehyde in subjects homogenous for ADH(3)(2) genotype, may in part...
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