Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) M1 null genotype and combined GSTM1 and GSTT1 null genotypes as a risk factor for alcoholic mild liver dysfunction

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 634-635

  Oniki, K ^a   Ueda, K ^a   Hori, M ^a   Mihara, S ^b   Marubayashi, T ^b   Nakagawa, K ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; JAPANESE; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULL ALLELE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TURBIDITY;

CHROMANS; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; JAPAN; RISK FACTORS; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES;

EID: 34247251405     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100123     Document Type: Letter

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