Usefulness of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in alcoholic patients with normal γ-glutamyltranspeptidase

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 615-618

  Reynaud, Michel ^a,b   Hourcade, Florence ^a   Planche, François ^a   Albuisson, Eliane ^a   Meunier, Marie Nadia ^a   Planche, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Hopital Saint Jacques Clermont Ferrand   (France)

Author keywords

Abuser or Dependent Alcoholics; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin; CDT; Diagnosis; Normal GT

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031778773     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb04301.x     Document Type: Article

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