Relative versus absolute carbohydrate-deficient transferrin as a marker of alcohol consumption in patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1614-1618

  Halm, Ulrich ^a   Tannapfel, Andrea ^b   Mössner, Joachim ^b   Berr, Frieder ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT); Alcoholic Hepatitis; Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST); Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin; Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032706136     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04051.x     Document Type: Article

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