title: Stability of carbohydrate deficient transferrin (CDT) in stored blood samples.
abstract: The alcoholism marker CDT was determined on 257 blood samples 1-2 days after the blood samples were taken and again after storage for 7 months at +4 degrees C. The differences between the pairs of CDT values were so large that the determination of CDT after long term storage of the blood sample has no evidential value.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany. kohlerh@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brinkmann
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000172:deficiency*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D013048:Specimen Handling; D014168:Transferrin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D002241:Carbohydrates; D014168:Transferrin; C056759:carbohydrate-deficient transferrin