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Effect of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 genotype on cardiac autonomic nervous responses to moderate alcohol ingestion.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Aug 2008
Akamatsu Yasunori, Hayashi Tatsuya, Sakane Naoki, Moritani Toshio
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BACKGROUND: Asian people are divided into the individuals who can ingest alcohol and cannot because of the difference of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) genotype. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of ALDH2 genotype on cardiac autonomic nervous responses to moderate alcohol ingestion. METHODS: Subjects were 17 healthy male students at Kyoto University. According to the difference of...
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