Alcohol Use Disorders and Carbonhydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT)

Alcohol Use Disorders and Carbonhydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT)

Authors

  • Numan Konuk Zonguldak Karaelmas Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Psikiyatri Anabilim Dalı
  • Sibel Kıran Zonguldak Karaelmas Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Halk Sağlığı Anabilim Dalı
  • Murat Can Zonguldak Karaelmas Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Biyokimya Anabilim Dalı
  • Levent Atik Zonguldak Karaelmas Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Psikiyatri Anabilim Dalı
  • Durmuş Evcuman Adli Tıp Kurumu Zonguldak Adli Tıp Şube Müdürlüğü

Keywords:

Alcohol use disorders, biological markers, carbonhydrate deficient transferin, traffic accidents

Abstract

Biological markers keep their importance in search of complementary factors helping to detect alcohol dependence and abuse as a legal matters. In this review the diagnostic validity of carbonhydrate deficient transferrin which is one of the biological markers in alcohol usage disorders were compared with other markers and studies were revised under this topic. We propose practical advices when issuing driver licence and giving back delayed licences to prevent traffic accidents which are among the most serious public health problem in our country.

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2007-08-01

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Konuk N, Kıran S, Can M, Atik L, Evcuman D. Alcohol Use Disorders and Carbonhydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT). J Depend [Internet]. 2007 Aug. 1 [cited 2025 Aug. 20];8(2):97-101. Available from: https://bagimlilik.akademisyen.net/index.php/bagimlilik/article/view/148

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