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Variation in gastric alcohol dehydrogenase and the risk of alcohol dependence.
Archiwum medycyny sadowej i kryminologii - 1 Jan 2000
Całka Paulina, Ciesielka Marzanna, Buszewicz Grzegorz, Teresiński Grzegorz
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Alcohol dependence is both a medical and socioeconomic problem. The disease is multifactorial, i.e. its development is attributable to gene-gene and gene-environment interactions. Multi-centre studies investigating the genetic background of alcoholism stress the role of genes encoding enzymes of the ethanol decomposition pathway in the human body, particularly alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), in the development of...
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