Superiority of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin to γ- glutamyltransferase in detecting relapse in alcoholism

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-80

  Schmidt, Lutz G ^a   Schmidt, Kai ^b   Dufeu, Peter ^b   Ohse, Albrecht ^b   Rommelspacher, Hans ^b   Müller, Christian ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SELF REPORT; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031015241     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.1.75     Document Type: Article

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