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Heavy binge drinking may increase risk of stroke in nonalcoholic hypertensives carrying variant ALDH2*2 gene allele.
Acta neurologica Taiwanica - 1 Mar 2012
Lai Ching-Long, Liu Meng-Ta, Yin Shih-Jiun, Lee Jiunn-Tay, Lu Chun-Chung, Peng Giia-Sheun
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PURPOSE: Epidemiologic evidence demonstrates that heavy drinking increases the risk of stroke. However, whether recent heavy drinking affects the incidence of acute stroke in nonalcoholic individuals with the variant allele ALDH2*2 has not been reported. CASE REPORT: Two previously nonalcoholic healthy men suffered from acute ischemic stroke after a single episode of binge drinking. Both patients had one risk...
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