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Protein-Acetaldehyde Adducts as Biochemical Markers of Alcohol Consumption

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There are two types of diagnostic markers for alcohol abuse and alcoholism: trait (or vulnerability) markers and state markers.1,2 Trait markers include indicators that will identify individuals who are more vulnerable than the general population to develop alcoholism; and as the term implies, they are tests that elicit certain genetic traits. By comparison, state markers are tests that will identify alcohol abuse by reflecting psychosocial, biochemical, or physiological changes brought about by chronic and excessive alcohol intake. Because of the enormous problem of alcohol abuse and alcoholism in the West, research to devise a test or a panel of tests to serve as trait or state markers is critically important.

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Lumeng, L., Lin, R.C. (1992). Protein-Acetaldehyde Adducts as Biochemical Markers of Alcohol Consumption. In: Litten, R.Z., Allen, J.P. (eds) Measuring Alcohol Consumption. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0357-5_8

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