Influence of age, alcohol consumption and abstinence on the sensitivity of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, γ-glutamyltransferase and mean corpuscular volume

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 760-766

  Mundle, Götz ^a   Ackermann, Klaus ^a   Munkes, Jörg ^a   Steinle, Daniela ^a   Mann, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSTINENCE; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERANCE; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032858067     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/34.5.760     Document Type: Article

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