title: [Diagnostic tests of alcohol consumption].
abstract: Alcoholism is one of the most frequent dependences. In the cases of excessive alcohol consumption laboratory tests become abnormal and, therefore, may have ability to detect alcohol-dependent subjects. We present the biological markers for recent alcohol intake such as ethanol, methanol and 5-hydroxytryptophol and the most obvious and specific tests for chronic alcohol consumption including gamma-glutamyltransferase, aspartate and alanine aminotransferase, carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, macrocytosis, beta-hexosaminidase and erythrocytic aldehyde dehydrogenase.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Diagnostyki Biochemicznej AM w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: Lech
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chrostek
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szmitkowski
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D000432:Methanol / Q000097:blood; D012997:Solvents / Q000378:metabolism; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods; D014168:Transferrin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases / Q000097:blood; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D012997:Solvents; D014168:Transferrin; C056759:carbohydrate-deficient transferrin; D000431:Ethanol; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases; D000432:Methanol