Objective post-mortem diagnosis of chronic alcohol abuse - A review of studies on new markers

Legal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 229-235

  Rainio, Juha ^a,b   Giorgio, Fabio De ^a   Bortolotti, Federica ^c   Tagliaro, Franco ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptophol; Autopsy; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin; Chronic alcohol abuse; Ethylglucuronide; Fatty acid ethyl esters

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; ETHYLGLUCURONIDE; FATTY ACID ESTER; GLUCURONIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUTOPSY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GLUCURONATES; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HYDROXYTRYPTOPHOL; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSFERRIN; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 47049122004     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2008.01.006     Document Type: Review

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