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ethyl glucuronide in hair
Indications:
- assessment of alcohol abuse & alcoholism*
* as a part of evaluation for liver transplantation [1]
Reference interval:
- > 30 pg/mg consistent with chronic excessive alcohol use during a 3-month period [1]
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ethyl glucuronide
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ethyl glucuronide in specimen
References
- Verbeek J, Crunelle CL, Leurquin-Sterk G et al.
Hair ethyl glucuronide is a highly accurate biomarker of
chronic excessive alcohol use in patients with alcoholic
cirrhosis.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017 Aug 19;
PMID: 28830836