Determination of ethyl glucuronide in hair improves evaluation of long-term alcohol abstention in liver transplant candidates

Liver International

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 469-476

  Sterneck, Martina ^a   Yegles, Michel ^b   Rothkirch von, Gregor ^a   Staufer, Katharina ^a,d   Vettorazzi, Eik ^a   Schulz, Karl Heinz ^a   Tobias, Niels ^c   Graeser, Christian ^a   Fischer, Lutz ^a   Nashan, Bjoern ^a   Andresen Streichert, Hilke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c Department of Clinical Pharmacology   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Cirrhosis; Hair ethyl glucuronide; Liver transplantation; Urine ethyl glucuronide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID; METHANOL; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HAIR; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84893732583     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12243     Document Type: Article

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