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Alcohol flushing, patch test, and ADH and ALDH genotypes in Brazilian ethnic groups.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 May 1995
Santos B R, Monteiro M G, Walzer C, Turler H, Balant L, von-Wartburg J P
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Self reports of flushing reaction after drinking, cutaneous sensitivity to alcohol (patch test), and genotypic determination of ADH2, ADH3, and ALDH2 were studied in 53 Brazilian volunteers of different ethnic groups. Genotypes were determined using single-strand conformation polymorphism in discontinuous buffer electrophoresis. Analysis of the results indicated several cases of a reported flushing reaction among...
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