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Abnormal Metabolite in Alcoholic Subjects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Stewart Wolf ,
Michael E. Felver ,
Mark D. Altschule ,
Nicholas T. Werthessen ,
Robert Gerner  and
Richard L. Veech
Stewart Wolf
Affiliation:
Totts Gap Medical Research Laboratories, Box 1262, Bangor, PA 18013, U.S.A.
Michael E. Felver
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Metabolism, N.I.A.A.A., 12501 Washington Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852, U.S.A.
Mark D. Altschule
Affiliation:
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A.
Nicholas T. Werthessen
Affiliation:
Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy, 495 Summer Street, Boston, MA 00210, U.S.A.
Robert Gerner
Affiliation:
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024, U.S.A.
Richard L. Veech
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Metabolism, N.I.A.A.A., 12501 Washington Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852, U.S.A.
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Summary

2,3-butanediol appears in the blood of some alcoholics following ethanol ingestion. Whether it be a genetic trait or a phenomenon of induction remains to be determined. It may be associated in some way with depression.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 4 , April 1983 , pp. 388 - 390
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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