Population genetic and family studies on aldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency and alcohol sensitivity.

doi:10.1016/0741-8329(85)90099-0

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Population genetic and family studies on aldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency and alcohol sensitivity.

Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2000

Goedde H W, Agarwal D P, Eckey R, Harada S

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Population genetic studies on the prevalence of aldehyde dehydrogenase isozyme I (ALDH I) deficiency in various Caucasian, Oriental, African, and American Indian subjects were carried out using hair roots as peripheral source of the enzyme activity. While a very high percentage of Orientals with...

Topics

Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
Drug Tolerance
Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
Ethanol
Female
Genetics, Population
Hair
Humans
Immunodiffusion
Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional
Isoelectric Focusing
Isoenzymes
Male
Pedigree
Phenotype

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