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Molecular Genetics of Alcohol-Related Brain Damage
19 Dec 2008
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AIMS: In the scientific literature it has been repeatedly hypothesized that there is a heritable susceptibility to thiamine deficiency comparable to other hereditary metabolic disorders. The aim of this paper is to review the most recent knowledge on the genetic susceptibility to the development of alcohol-related Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS). METHODS: A literature review was carried out looking at the...
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