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Prolonged central sensory conduction time in alcoholics with hypoactive aldehyde dehydrogenase-2.
Neuroscience research - 1 Oct 2004
Mochizuki Hitoshi, Masaki Toshihiro, Yokoyama Akira, Matsushita Sachio, Kamakura Keiko, Motoyoshi Kazuo, Higuchi Susumu
Abstract excerpt
People who have a Glu487Lys mutation (single nucleotide polymorphism) in the aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) gene are slow to metabolize the alcohol breakdown product acetaldehyde. The P13/14-N20 interval of the median nerve somatosensory evoked potential was significantly longer in alcoholic pa...
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