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Ethyl Glucuronide in Hair Is an Accurate Biomarker of Chronic Excessive Alcohol Use in Patients With Alcoholic Cirrhosis

CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY (2018)

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CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 454-456

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.08.019

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Vlaamse Vereniging voor Gastroenterologie (Flemish Association of Gastroenterology)

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