Iron-related indexes in chronic alcoholics. Effect of alcohol withdrawal

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 534-538

  Conte, D ^a,b   Corsetti, M ^a   Colli, A ^a   Bardella, M T ^a   Cocciolo, M ^a   Maestroni, A ^a   Fraquelli, M ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b Cattedra di Gastroenterologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Alcohol withdrawal; Cirrhosis; Ferritin; Haemochromatosis; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM ALBUMIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TRANSAMINASES; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0031771181     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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