title: Response to Letter Regarding Article, "East Asian Variant of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Is Associated With Coronary Spastic Angina: Possible Roles of Reactive Aldehydes and Implications of Alcohol Flushing Syndrome".
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital Kumamoto Aging Research Institute Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital Kumamoto Aging Research Institute Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Eisaku
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital Kumamoto Aging Research Institute Kumamoto, Japan Department of Cardiology Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Sumio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Mukogawa Women's University Koshien, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Mukogawa Women's University Koshien, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital Kumamoto Aging Research Institute Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shono
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Nara City Hospital Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Toyoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murohara
authors.affiliation: Nakayama Cardiovascular Clinic Amakusa, Japan.
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine Jikei University School of Medicine Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Michihiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital Kumamoto Aging Research Institute Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasue
mesh_terms: D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000172:deficiency*; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000378:metabolism*; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000235:genetics*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005483:Flushing / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000431:Ethanol; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase