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The lack of glutathione S-transferase μ (GSTμ) was examined in 45 healthy French Caucasians and 45 alcoholic cirrhotic French Caucasians: microsamples of blood were taken and DNA amplified by the polymerase chain reaction. We have concluded that there is no relationship between this genotype and the development of alcoholic cirrhosis in these heavy consumers of ethanol.
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Groppi, A., Coutelle, C., Fleury, B. et al. Glutathione S-transferase class μ in French alcoholic cirrhotic patients. Hum Genet 87, 628–630 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209028
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