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THE twenty-one subjects participating in this study were serial admissions to the St Louis Detoxification Center during the period of December 2–21, 1971. Their ages ranged from 29 to 72 yr and they comprised twenty males and one female. A blood sample (10 ml) was obtained from the patient on admission, when a symptom intensity rating evaluation was carried out1,2. Blood concentrations of ethanol, methanol, acetaldehyde and formaldehyde-formate were determined by gas-liquid chromatography3,4. This procedure was repeated on four consecutive days (total of five samples), after which the patient was discharged from the Center.
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MAGRINAT, G., DOLAN, J., BIDDY, R. et al. Ethanol and Methanol Metabolites in Alcohol Withdrawal. Nature 244, 234–235 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244234a0
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