Cutaneous vasomotor sensitivity to ethanol and acetaldehyde: subtypes of alcohol-flushing response among Chinese.

doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.1990.tb01841.x

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Cutaneous vasomotor sensitivity to ethanol and acetaldehyde: subtypes of alcohol-flushing response among Chinese.

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Dec 1990

Yu P H, Fang C Y, Dyck L E

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A cutaneous test has been applied in examination of the flushing response to ethanol and acetaldehyde in 402 Chinese of Han ethnicity. Using this noninvasive method, five response subtypes have been observed: (A) fast flushing to both ethanol and acetaldehyde; (B) fast flushing only to ethanol bu...

Topics

Acetaldehyde
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alcohol Drinking
Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
China
Ethanol
Female
Flushing
Humans
Isoenzymes
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Skin
Vasodilation
Vasomotor System

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