Sensitivity of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) in relation to age and duration of abstinence

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-167

  Agelink, M W ^a   Dirkes Kersting, A ^b   Zeit, T ^a   Bertling, R ^a   Malessa, R ^c   Klieser, E ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Hygiene Institut des Ruhrgebiets   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031902385     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008373     Document Type: Article

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