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Sensitivity of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) in relation to age and duration of abstinence
M W Agelink1, A Dirkes-Kersting, T Zeit
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Bochum, Evangl. Hospital Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Alcohol and Alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
|May 5, 1998
Abstract:
Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) serum concentrations were prospectively determined in 162 subjects (alcoholics n=62, controls n=100) using three different methods of detection (IEF, CDTect, Axis%CDT). Repeated testing in alcoholics after 3 and 5 days of abstinence demonstrated a significantly higher sensitivity of CDT in patients above 40 years of age compared to younger patients.