Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and alcohol dependency: Variation in response to alcohol intake among different groups of patients

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-205

  Huseby, Nils Erik ^a   Nilssen, Odd ^a   Erfurth, Andreas ^b   Wetterling, Tillmann ^b   Kanitz, Rolf Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependency Syndrome; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin; Glutamyltransferase

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030944166     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb03750.x     Document Type: Article

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