Article
[Alcohol consumption patterns and genotypes determining alcohol tolerance in Chilean university students].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Jun 2015
Silva Constanza P, Flores Sergio V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alleles involved in inefficient (ADH1B2*2 and ALDH2*2) or efficient (SNP6, ADH4 gene) alcohol metabolism may influence the risk of alcoholism. Alcoholism susceptibility has been classified as protector and risk-dependence phenotypes, associated with inefficient and efficient alcohol genetic metabolizing variants, respectively. AIM: To investigate the possible association between genetic protective and...
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