1. Alcohol Biomarker Screening in Medical and Surgical Settings.
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Miller, Peter M., Spies, Claudia, Neumann, Tim, Javors, Martin A., Hoyumpa, A. M., Roache, John, Webb, Amy, Kashi, Maryam, Sharkey, Francis E., Anton, Raymond F., Egan, Brent M., Basile, Jan, Shaun Nguyen, Fleming, Michael F., and Dillie, Kathryn Sullivan
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ALCOHOLISM ,ALCOHOL drinking ,DRUG addiction ,HYPERTENSION ,THERAPEUTICS ,ANNUAL meetings - Abstract
This article highlights the proceedings of a symposium presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Santa Barbara, CA, on June 28, 2005, organized and chaired by Peter Miller. The presentations included (1) Screening for Alcohol Use Disorders in Surgical and Trauma Patients, presented by Claudia Spies; (2) Are Serum Levels of %CDT and GGT Related to Severity of Liver Biopsy Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Steatohepatitis in Patients with Hepatitis C? by Martin Javors; (3) Biochemical Alcohol Screening in the Treatment of Hypertension, presented by Peter Miller; and (4) The Cost-Effectiveness of a New Biomarker, CDT, in a Primary Care Sample, by Michael Fleming. Presentations were discussed by Raymond Anton. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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