The unexpected outcomes of medical research: Serendipity and the microsomal ethanol oxidizing system

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 198-202

  Lieber, Charles S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; FATTY ACID; FREE RADICAL; KETONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER MICROSOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICITY; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 1642491782     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2003.12.005     Document Type: Note

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