Carbohydrate‐Deficient Transferrin as an Alcohol Marker among Female Heavy Drinkers: A Population‐Based Study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 889-894

  Löf, Kari ^a   Seppä, Kaija ^c   Itälä, Liisa ^a   Koivula, Timo ^d   Turpeinen, Ursula ^b   Sillanaukee, Pekka ^a  

^a Alko Inc   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol Abuse; Alcohol Marker; Alcoholics; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin; Social Drinker

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERANCE; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0028144897     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1994.tb00056.x     Document Type: Article

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