Article
Low frequency of the ADH2*2 allele among Atayal natives of Taiwan with alcohol use disorders.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jun 1994
Thomasson H R, Crabb D W, Edenberg H J, Li T K, Hwu H G, Chen C C, Yeh E K, Yin S J
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation at two polymorphic alcohol dehydrogenase loci, ADH2 and ADH3, and at the polymorphic mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase locus, ALDH2, may influence the risk of developing alcoholism by modulating the rate of elimination of ethanol and the rate of formation and elimination of a...
Topics
- Adult
- Alcohol Dehydrogenase
- Alcoholism
- Alleles
- Asian People
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Isoenzymes
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Taiwan
- White People