Characteristics of alcohol dependent subjects with very elevated levels of Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT)

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 589-594

  Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^a,b   Schoenfeld Smith, Karen ^a   Smith, Tom L ^a   Schuckit, Marc A ^a  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME STABILITY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0032810218     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1999.60.589     Document Type: Article

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