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First description and evaluation of SNPs in the ADH and ALDH genes in a population of alcoholics in Central-West Brazil.
Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) - 1 Dec 2017
Teixeira Thallita Monteiro, da Silva Hugo Delleon, Goveia Rebeca Mota, Ribolla Paulo Eduardo Martins, Alonso Diego Peres, Alves Alessandro Arruda, Melo E Silva Daniela, Collevatti Rosane Garcia, Bicudo Lucilene Arilho, Bérgamo Nádia Aparecida, de Paula Silveira-Lacerda Elisângela
Abstract excerpt
Worldwide, different studies have reported an association of alcohol-use disorder (AUD) with different types of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes for aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) and alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). In Brazil, there is little information about the occurrence of these SNPs in the AUD population and an absence of studies characterizing the population in the Central-West Region of...
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