Antibodies against acetaldehyde-modified
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Onni NiemelΓ€; Felix Klajner; Hector Orrego; Eva Vidins; Laurence Blendis; Yedy I
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Article
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1987
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Acetaldehyde, the primary metabolite of ethanol, binds covalently to proteins forming condensation products which have been recently shown to be immunogenic. To assess whether an antibody response against acetaldehyde-modified protein epitopes is associated with alcoholic liver disease, the serum im