caffeine breath test

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caffeine breath test,

a breath test for liver function in which the patient is given a dose of caffeine labeled with carbon 13. Excessively low levels of labeled carbon dioxide in the patient's breath indicate inadequate metabolism of it by the liver, as in patients who have cirrhosis or who smoke.

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No references found			Smoking (morning urinary cotinine concentration) was positively related to CYP1A2 activity as measured by the caffeine breath test (p < 0. Biomarker measurements in a coastal fish-eating population ... by Pereg, Daria / Environmental Health Perspectives At the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne (in New York and in Ontario and Quebec, Canada), 103 adults were interviewed, and they donated blood for serum PCB analysis and underwent the caffeine breath test (CBT), a safe and noninvasive procedure that uses caffeine as a probe for CYP1A2 activity in vivo. PCB exposure and in vivo CYP1A2 activity among native Americans by Tarbell, Alice / Environmental Health Perspectives			caenogenesis caeruloplasmin Caesalpinia Caesalpinia bonducella CAESAR AIDS study caesarean Caesarean hysterectomy Caesarean section caesarian caesium CAEV CAFE café au lait cafe au lait spots cafe bravo cafe coronary Café Coronary café-au-lait spot café-au-lait spots Cafergot Cafeteria Benefits Plan Cafeteria Diet cafeteria plan cafezinho caffeine caffeine breath test Caffeine Dependence Syndrome caffeine poisoning Caffeine Withdrawal Syndrome caffeinism Caffey disease Caffey's disease Caffey's syndrome CAFO cafta CAG cage CAGE questionnaire cage-side tests caged birds Cagot ear CAH CAHEA CAI caida de mollera caiman caimanpox Cain Complex Caine Family Cainophobia cainotophobia			Caffé Caffé Caffé Caffè e latte Caffè Espresso caffe latte Caffeate Caffeate Caffeic Caffeic Caffeic acid Caffeic acid Caffeic acids Caffeic acids caffein caffein caffein caffein addict caffein addiction caffeinated caffeinated caffeinated caffeine caffeine caffeine caffeine Caffeine Access Transport Protocol caffeine addict Caffeine Banishment Therapy Aid caffeine based caffeine breath test caffeine dependence syndrome Caffeine dependence syndrome-dependency criteria Caffeine intoxication Caffeine intoxication Caffeine intoxication Caffeine intoxication Caffeine Junkie Caffeine pill Caffeine pill Caffeine pill Caffeine pills Caffeine pills Caffeine pills caffeine poisoning Caffeine production Caffeine production Caffeine production caffeine withdrawal syndrome Caffeine-Assisted Self-Awareness caffeine-free Caffeine-free Coke Caffeine-free Coke Caffeine-Free Diet Coke Caffeine-Halothane Contracture Testing Caffeine-Induced Hysteria CaffeineMark caffeinic caffeinism caffeinism Caffelatte

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