Indicators of genetic damage in alcoholics: Reversibility after alcohol abstinence

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 1664-1668

  Castelli, Elena ^d   Hrelia, Patrizia ^a   Maffei, Francesca ^a   Fimognari, Carmela ^a   Foschi, Francesco G ^e   Caputo, Fabio ^e   Cantelli Forti, Giorgio ^a   Stefanini, Giuseppe F ^b   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE DEGLI INFERMI   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Alcoholic humans; Chromosome aberrations; Lymphocytes; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NUTRITION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SMOKING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COCARCINOGENESIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0032789005     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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