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Population distribution of alcohol dehydrogenase class I in France: comparison with other populations, and distribution with respect to gender and age. The French Group for Research on Alcohol and Liver.
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) - 1 Jan 2000
Coutelle C, Ward P J, Quattrocchi P, Fleury B
Abstract excerpt
In Caucasians, a genetic polymorphism is known for some alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) systems (beta and gamma). Knowledge of population frequencies of the beta and gamma hepatic isozyme variants in France is a prerequisite to understanding any role this genetic variation might play in determining the risk of alcohol-related diseases. For the present study, the ADH phenotypes of 115 French Caucasian control...
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