Increased erythrocyte calcium in alcoholism. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The intraerythrocyte calcium concentration in blood samples of 42 hospitalized alcoholic subjects was initially elevated but declined over a period of several weeks toward normal values. The abnormally high values, which appear to be a direct consequence of prior alcohol ingestion, may explain previous reports of lowered erythrocyte potassium in chronic alcoholics, since there is a specific calcium-gated potassium channel in erythrocyte membranes.

publication date

  • October 1, 1982

Research

keywords

  • Alcoholism
  • Calcium
  • Erythrocytes

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0020384564

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/j.1552-4604.1982.tb02636.x

PubMed ID

  • 7174854

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 22

issue

  • 10