ADH and ALDH genotype profiles in Caucasians with alcohol-related problems and controls.

doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb00825.x

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ADH and ALDH genotype profiles in Caucasians with alcohol-related problems and controls.

Addiction (Abingdon, England) - 1 Mar 1993

Gilder F J, Hodgkinson S, Murray R M

Abstract excerpt

Eighty-two Caucasian patients receiving treatment for alcohol-related problems and eighty four controls were DNA typed for variants in the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH2 and ADH3) and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) gene loci. No association was observed between individual, or combined...

Topics

Adult
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Alcoholism
Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
Female
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Isoenzymes
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Risk Factors
United Kingdom

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