Cord blood carbohydrate-deficient transferrin levels are markedly higher than maternal

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-48

  Whitty, Janice E ^a   Dombrowski, Mitchell P ^a   Martier, Susan S ^a   Subramanian, Marappa G ^a   Sokol, Robert J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Maternal and fetal cord blood carbohydrate deficient transferrin

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICHIGAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0031036579     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059709161951     Document Type: Article

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