Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) concentrations in blood are correlated to reported alcohol intake in alcohol-dependent patients

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-437

  Aradottir, Steina ^a   Asanovka, Gulber ^b   Gjerss, Stefan ^c   Hansson, Per ^d   Alling, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Primary Health Care ^*  (Sweden)

^d Section of Hematology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOL; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OUTPATIENT; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 33745684382     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl027     Document Type: Article

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