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Title: Biological study of alcohol dependence syndrome with reference to ethnic difference: report of a WHO Collaborative Study.
Author: Yamashita I {a}, Ohmori T, Koyama T, Mori H, Boyadjive S, Kielholz P, Gastpar M, Moussaoui D, Bouzekraoui M, Sethi BB, et al.
Abstract:
Inherited deficiency of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase type I (ALDH-I) was found in 43% (50/117) of normals, 33% (27/82) of schizophrenics, but only 4% (5/113) of alcoholics among Japanese. The ALDH-I deficiency was never found, however, in 146 mostly schizop
Journal: Jpn J Psychiatry Neurol. 1990 Mar;44(1):79-84.