Alcohol metabolism and cardiovascular response in an alcoholic patient homozygous for the ALDH2*2 variant gene allele

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1853-1860

  Chen, Yi Chyan ^a   Lu, Ru Band ^b   Peng, Giia Sheun ^b   Wang, Ming Fang ^a   Wang, Hsu Kun ^a   Ko, Huei Chen ^c   Chang, Yue Cune ^d   Lu, Jang Jih ^b   Li, Ting Kai ^e   Yin, Shih Jiun ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Alcohol Dehydrogenase; Alcohol Dependence; Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; Homozygosity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

EID: 0033386032     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04083.x     Document Type: Article

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