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Kinetics of serum glutamate dehydrogenase during short-term alcohol withdrawal
J Weill1, F Schellenberg, A M Le Goff
1Laboratoire de Biochimie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Trousseau, Tours, France.
Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry
|February 22, 1989
Abstract:
The behavior of serum glutamate dehydrogenase after alcohol withdrawal was studied in 64 alcoholics admitted to a detoxification center. The enzyme activity decreased in 57 patients by a median of -35.8 percent in 24 h. Thus, the decrease of serum glutamate dehydrogenase after 24 h of ethanol abstinence can serve as a test of alcohol abuse.