Further arguments against including trisialo-Fe2-transferrin in carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT): A study on male alcoholics and hazardous drinkers

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Arndt, Torsten ^a   Korzec, Aleksander ^a   Bär, Marij ^a   Kropf, Jürgen ^a  

^a Bioscientia Center for Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Blood; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin; CDT; Receiver Operator Characteristics curve

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036280210     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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