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A gas--liquid chromatographic method was developed and employed to determine the plasma ratio of alpha-amino-n-butyric acid to leucine in 40 alcoholic patients and 9 healthy controls. The findings did not support the hypothesis that the ratio may be an empirical marker for alcoholism.
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