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Tag Archives: alcohol
Getting the glow: the myth of the Asian glow
It was suggested to us in lecture that Asians are protected from alcoholic liver injury because many East Asians have a lack of the ALDH2 isozyme, a genotype that results in the infamous “Asian glow,” an inflammatory reaction to toxins … Continue reading
Pathos and Pathology 