Is carbohydrate-deficient transferrin a specific marker for alcohol abuse? A study in patients with chronic viral hepatitis

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1337-1342

  Perret, Renaud ^a   Froehlich, Florian ^a   Lavanchy, Daniel ^a   Henry, Hugues ^a   Bachman, Claude ^a   Pécoud, Alain ^a   Bianchi, Leonardo ^b   Gonvers, Jean Jacques ^a,c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c POLICLINIQUE MÉDICALE UNIVERSITAIRE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol Abuse; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin; Chronic Viral Hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030799778     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04457.x     Document Type: Article

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