Increased carbohydrate-deficient transferrin during pregnancy: Relation to sex hormones

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-392

  Stauber, Rudolf E ^a   Jauk, Barbara ^a   Fickert, Peter ^a   Häusler, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLYCOPROTEIN; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029744333     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008167     Document Type: Article

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