Clinical correlations with carbohydrate-deficient transferrin levels in women with alcoholism

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1981-1985

  Oslin, David W ^a,b,c   Pettinati, Helen M ^a   Luck, Gary ^a   Semwanga, Ann ^a   Cnaan, Avital ^a   O'Brien, Charles P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Biological Markers; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032407822     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-199812000-00013     Document Type: Article

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