Comparison of the Axis %CDT TIA and the CDTect method as laboratory tests of alcohol abuse

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1209-1215

  Viitala, Katja ^a   Lähdesmäki, Kaija ^a   Niemelä, Onni ^a,b  

^a EP Central Hospital Laboratory   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 0031777317     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.6.1209     Document Type: Article

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