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DURING vitamin treatment of ten male and five female alcoholics it was found that, in the majority of cases, internal rate of conversion of vasodilating nicotinic acid to non-vasodilating nicotinamide was much slower than with controls, as manifested by the incidence of flushing with low doses (50–75 mg nicotinic acid). Very similar results were obtained with five non-alcoholic peptic ulcer cases, duration of flushing being of the order of 30 min and extending over face, neck, arms and sometimes as far as the legs.
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RUTTER, L. Transaminase Deficiency in Alcoholics and Cases of Peptic Ulcer. Nature 210, 538 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210538a0
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