ethyl glucuronide in hair

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Indications

* 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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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830836