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The role of alcohol metabolizing gene in patients with alcohol use disorder and heroin use disorder in the Taiwan Han Chinese population.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 20 Jun 2026
Wu Yao-Cheng, Chen Chun-Yen, Kuo Shin-Chang, Yeh Yi-Wei, Lin Chun-Long, Huang Chih-Yun, Huang San-Yuan
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INTRODUCTION: Alcohol and heroin are classified as central nervous depressants. Their addiction has a strong genetic component, although the specific genetic variations involved are not fully understood. This study investigates the roles of alcohol metabolic enzyme genes (ADH1B and ALDH2) in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and heroin use disorder (HUD) that co-occur with AUD. METHOD: The study involved...
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