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Blood ethanol levels of nonabstinent Japanese alcoholic men in the morning after drinking and their ADH1B and ALDH2 genotypes.
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) - 1 Jan 2000
Yokoyama Akira, Yokoyama Tetsuji, Mizukami Takeshi, Matsui Toshifumi, Kimura Mitsuru, Matsushita Sachio, Higuchi Susumu, Maruyama Katsuya
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AIMS: Genetic polymorphisms of alcohol dehydrogenase-1B (ADH1B, rs1229984) and aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2, rs671) affect ethanol (EtOH) metabolism and susceptibility to alcoholism. METHODS: We evaluated associations between ADH1B/ALDH2 genotypes and the blood EtOH levels of 805 Japanese alco...
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