Effect of the allelic variants of aldehyde dehydrogenase <it>ALDH2*2 </it>and alcohol dehydrogenase <it>ADH1B*2 </it>on blood acetaldehyde concentrations

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Alcoholism is a complex behavioural disorder. Molecular genetics studies have identified numerous candidate genes associated with alcoholism. It is crucial to verify the disease susceptibility genes by correlating the pinpointed allelic variations to the causal p...

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Main Authors: Peng Giia-Sheun, Yin Shih-Jiun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:Human Genomics
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Online Access:http://www.humgenomics.com/content/3/2/121