Comparison of CAGE and MAST with the alcohol markers CDT, γ-GT, ALAT, ASAT and MCV

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-430

  Wetterling, Tilman ^a,b   Kanitz, Rolf Dieter ^a   Rumpf, Hans Jürgen ^a   Hapke, Ulfert ^a   Fischer, Dorothea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031854095     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008414     Document Type: Article

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