Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 121-125 , October 2004

First-pass metabolism of ethanol in human beings: effect of intravenous infusion of fructose

  • Alexandr Parlesak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology of Nutrition, Hohenheim University (140e), Garbenstraße 28, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-711-4594184; fax: +49-711-4593947.
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  • Michael Hans-Ulrich Billinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, 70341 Stuttgart, Germany
    • Present address: Department of Internal Medicine, Inselspital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
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  • Christian Schäfer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, 70341 Stuttgart, Germany
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  • Heinz-Dieter Wehner

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Tuebingen, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany
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  • Christiane Bode

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology of Nutrition, Hohenheim University (140e), Garbenstraße 28, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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  • Johann Christian Bode

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, 70341 Stuttgart, Germany

Received 18 February 2004 ,Revised 24 May 2004 ,Accepted 29 June 2004.

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PII: S0741-8329(04)00162-4

doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.06.009

Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 121-125 , October 2004

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