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SUBMITTER: Freeman WM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2890298 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Freeman Willard M WM Salzberg Anna C AC Gonzales Steven W SW Grant Kathleen A KA Vrana Kent E KE
Biological psychiatry 20100317 3
<h4>Background</h4>Biochemical diagnostics of ethanol intake would improve alcohol abuse treatment and have applications in clinical trial and public safety settings. Self-reporting of alcohol use has clinical utility but lacks the desired reliability. Previously, proposed single-analyte biochemical tests of alcohol intake suffer from low sensitivity and specificity or examine only acute drinking and have therefore seen limited clinical use.<h4>Methods</h4>To address this unmet need, plasma prot ...[more]