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Haplotype-based study of the association of alcohol-metabolizing genes with alcohol dependence in four independent populations.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Feb 2011
Liu Jixia, Zhou Zhifeng, Hodgkinson Colin A, Yuan Qiaoping, Shen Pei-Hong, Mulligan Connie J, Wang Alex, Gray Rebecca R, Roy Alec, Virkkunen Matti, Goldman David, Enoch Mary-Anne
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BACKGROUND: Ethanol is metabolized by 2 rate-limiting reactions: alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) convert ethanol to acetaldehyde that is subsequently metabolized to acetate by aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDH). Approximately 50% of East Asians have genetic variants that significantly impair this pathwa...
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