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Alcohol sensitivity in Taiwanese men with different alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase genotypes.

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2002

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Abstract

Individuals heterozygous for ALDH2*2 exhibit strong alcohol hypersensitivity caused by persistent accumulation of large amounts of acetaldehyde, but homozygosity for ADH2*2 is not dependent upon this pathway against alcoholism.