Alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase polymorphisms in men with type I and Type II alcoholism.

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.162.5.1003

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Alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase polymorphisms in men with type I and Type II alcoholism.

The American journal of psychiatry - 1 May 2005

Chai Young-Gyu, Oh Dong-Yul, Chung Eun Kee, Kim Gil Sook, Kim Leen, Lee Yu-Sang, Choi Ihn-Geun

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OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the genetic polymorphisms of alcohol dehydrogenase 2 and 3 (ADH2 and ADH3) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) in patients diagnosed as having Cloninger's type I or type II alcoholism. METHOD: Seventy-two alcoholic men and 38 nonalcoholic, healthy men were tested for the distribution of genotypes and alleles of ADH2, ADH3, and ALDH2. Forty-eight of the alcoholic men had type I...

Topics

Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Alcoholism
Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Korea
Male
Middle Aged
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sex Factors

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PMID: 15863807
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.5.1003

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ALDH2

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