Does carbohydrate-deficient transferrin predict the severity of alcohol withdrawal syndrome?

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1053-1056

  Wetterling, T ^a,b   Kanitz, R D ^a   Renner, F ^a   Fischer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome; Alcoholism; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER OF GLYCOSYLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031705739     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03698.x     Document Type: Article

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