Increased serum concentration of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in patients with combined pancreas and kidney transplantation

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 344-351

  Arndt, Torsten ^a,d   Hackler, Rolf ^b   Müller, Thomas ^c   Kleine, Tilman O ^b   Gressner, Axel M ^a  

^a Abteilung Klinische Chemie   (Germany)

^b Funktionsbereich Neurochemie   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d Bioscientia Center for Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

alcoholism; isoelectric focusing; isotransferrins; sialic acid deficient transferrins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOINSULINEMIA; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031034215     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.2.344     Document Type: Article

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