Clinical value of two methods for the determination of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-55

  Lyngbye, Jørgen ^a,d   Eide, Arne ^a   Walter, Henriette ^b   Semler, Brigitte ^b   Winkler, Franz ^c   Lesch, Otto Michel ^b  

^a Molde Hospital   (Norway)

^b University Clinic of Neurology   (Austria)

^c WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d Molde County Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin; Intermethod comparison; ROC curves; Screening

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; TRANSFERRIN;

ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030814996     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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