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Review
. 1988 Sep;72(5):1133-53.
doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30733-7.

Diagnosis of alcoholism

M A Schuckit  1 , M Irwin
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Review

Diagnosis of alcoholism

M A Schuckit et al. Med Clin North Am. 1988 Sep.

Abstract

Alcoholism is among the most prevalent of the difficult diseases to establish diagnoses in medicine. This article outlines a number of steps to help in identifying the alcoholic patient. These include: a careful history, several laboratory blood tests, simple paper-and-pencil tests, and recognition of alcohol-related medical disorders.

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