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Medicobiological and genetic studies on alcoholism Role of metabolic variation and ethnicity on drinking habits, alcohol abuse and alcohol-related mortality

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Abbreviations

ADH:

alcohol dehydrogenase

ALDH:

aldehyde dehydrogenase

NAD:

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

CNS:

central nervous system

NMDA:

N-methyl-das-partate

GABA:

γ-aminobutyric acid

FAS:

fetal alcohol syndrome

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Agarwal, D.P., Goedde, H.W. Medicobiological and genetic studies on alcoholism Role of metabolic variation and ethnicity on drinking habits, alcohol abuse and alcohol-related mortality. Clin Investig 70, 465–477 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00210227

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