Alcohol and its biomarkers : clinical aspects and laboratory determination / Amitava Dasgupta, Ph. D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
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TextSeries: Clinical Aspects and Laboratory Determination of Biomarkers Series ; Volume 1Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xii, 300 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- 9780128003398
- 0128003391
- 614.1Â 23
- RC565Â .D374 2015
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| E-BOOKS | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | NFIC | 2 | EBS5171 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Alcohol -- Genetic aspects of alcohol metabolism and drinking behavior -- Measurement of alcohol levels in body fluids and transdermal alcohol sensors -- Alcohol biomarkers -- Liver enzymes as alcohol biomarkers -- Mean corpuscular volume and carbohydrate-deficient transferrin as alcohol biomarkers -- ss-Hexosaminidase, acetaldehyde, protein adducts, and dolichol as alcohol biomarkers -- Direct alcohol biomarkers ethyl glucuronide, ethyl sulfate, fatty acide ethyl esters, and phosphatidylethanol -- Less commonly used alcohol biomarkers and proteomics in alcohol biomarker discovery -- Genetic markers of alcohol use disorder -- Index.
The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of alcohol and alcohol biomarkers from both a clinical and a laboratory standpoint.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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