Association of alcohol dehydrogenase 2*1 allele with liver damage and insulin concentration in the Japanese

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Suzuki, Yoshihiko ^a,b   Ando, Fujiko ^c   Ohsawa, Ikuroh ^a   Shimokata, Hiroshi ^c   Ohta, Shigeo ^a  

^a Graduate School of Medicine   (Japan)

^b Hoken Dohjin Medical Foundation   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADH2; Alcohol; Alcohol dehydrogenase 2; Diabetes; Insulin resistance; Liver dysfunction; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE 2; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN TREATMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSULIN; JAPAN; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 31544452141     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-005-0318-9     Document Type: Article

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