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Contribution of ALDH2 polymorphism to alcoholism-associated hypertension.
Recent patents on endocrine, metabolic & immune drug discovery - 1 Jan 2014
Hu Nan, Zhang Yingmei, Nair Sreejayan, Culver Bruce W, Ren Jun
Abstract excerpt
Chronic alcohol intake is considered as an independent lifestyle factor that may influence the risk of a number of cardiovascular anomalies including hypertension. In healthy adults, binge drinking and chronic alcohol ingestion lead to the onset and development of hypertension although the precise mechanism(s) remains obscure. Although oxidative stress and endothelial injury have been postulated to play a major...
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