Article
[ALDH phenotype in eating disorders with and without alcoholism].
Arukoru kenkyu to yakubutsu izon = Japanese journal of alcohol studies & drug dependence - 1 Dec 1992
Suzuki K, Muramatsu T, Yamada K, Kono H
Abstract excerpt
Individuals who have inactive low Km aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) are much less likely to develop alcoholism than those who have active ALDH2. On the other hand, frequent alcoholism has been reported in eating disorder patients. Whether inactive ALDH2 works as an inhibitory factor for alcoholism in these patients is not known. We compared the ALDH2 phenotype in eating disorder patients with and without...
Topics
- Adult
- Alcoholism
- Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
- Feeding and Eating Disorders
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Risk