Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin: Diagnostic efficiency among patients with end-stage liver disease before and after liver transplantation

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1806-1812

  Heinemann, A ^a   Sterneck, M ^a   Kuhlencordt, R ^a   Rogiers, X ^a   Schulz, K H ^a   Queen, B ^a   Wischhusen, F ^a   Puschel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol Abuse; Biochemical Markers; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT); Chronic Liver Disease; Liver Transplantation

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031761236     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03985.x     Document Type: Article

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