Comparison of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, immunoglobulin A antibodies reactive with acetaldehyde-modified protein and acetaldehyde- modified albumin with conventional markers of alcohol consumption

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1921-1926

  Worrall, Simon ^c   De Jersey, John ^c   Wilce, Peter A ^c   Seppä, Kaija ^a   Hurme, Liisa ^b   Sillanaukee, Pekka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b Alcohol Related Diseases   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde Modified Albumin; Alcoholism; Antibody Formation; Biological Markers; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETALDEHYDE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032437717     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-199812000-00006     Document Type: Article

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