Increased Serum Concentration of IgA2 Subclass and IgA2/IgA1 Ratio: Specific Markers of Chronic Alcoholic Abuse?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-280

  Meillet, Dominique ^a   Labrousse, Frangoise ^a   Benoit, Marie Odile ^b   Hernvann, Alain ^c   Mussel, Lucile ^a   Amerongen, Geneviève van ^d  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

^d RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A2; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030917465     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1997.35.4.275     Document Type: Article

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