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Asymptomatic phosphomannose isomerase deficiency (MPI-CDG) initially mistaken for excessive alcohol consumption.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 20 Apr 2014
Helander Anders, Jaeken Jaak, Matthijs Gert, Eggertsen Gösta
Abstract excerpt
CASE REPORT: In a routine company health check-up, a 32-year-old woman presented a highly elevated serum level of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT), a biomarker for excessive alcohol consumption. The test result (~17% disialotransferrin, reference interval <2.0%; ~3% asialotransferrin, reference 0%) was confirmed by analysis of a second sample, while another alcohol biomarker, phosphatidylethanol (PEth) in...
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