ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE: IS CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN A MARKER FOR ALCOHOL INTAKE? |
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Authors: | LESCH, OTTO M. WALTER, HENRIETTE ANTAL, JOZSEF KANITZ, ROLF D. KOVACZ, ATTILA LEITNER, ADELHEID MARX, BRIGITTE NEUMEISTER, ALEXANDER SALETU, MONIKA SEMLER, BRIGITTE STUMPF, IMRE MADER, RUDOLF |
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Affiliation: | Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie Währinger Gürtel 1820, 1090 Vienna 1Anton Proksch Institut Kalksburg, Mackgasse 79, 1237 Vienna, Austria 2Alkoholzentrum Pomaz-Dolina Pomaz, Hungary 3Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie Ratzeburgerallee 160, 2400 Läbeck, Germany |
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Abstract: | We investigated %CDT (carbohydrate-deficient transferrin) in92 ethanol-intoxicated alcohol-dependent patients after consecutiveadmission to hospital and followed them for 28 days under controlledconditions. At admission, 63% (58 patients) showed elevatedCDT (>2.5%) and 34 patients (37%) had normal CDT levels (<2.5%).No correlation of the %CDT values to alcohol-related disabilities,severity of the withdrawal syndrome, alcohol-drinking patternbefore admission, or several other factors was found. The sensitivityof GGT ( |
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