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Alcohol intake, alcohol dehydrogenase genotypes, and liver damage and disease in the Danish general population.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2009
Tolstrup Janne S, Grønbaek Morten, Tybjaerg-Hansen Anne, Nordestgaard Børge G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We tested the hypothesis that alcohol, alone and in combination with alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) 1B and ADH1C genotypes, affects liver damage and disease in the general population. METHODS: Information on alcohol intake and on liver disease was obtained from 9,080 men and women from the Copenhagen City Heart Study. Biochemical tests for the detection of liver damage were specific for alanine...
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