Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and γ-glutamyltransferase for the detection and monitoring of alcohol use: Results from a multisite study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1215-1222

  Anton, Raymond F ^a,d   Lieber, Charles ^b   Tabakoff, Boris ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin; Markers; Relapse; glutamyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; TRANSFERRIN; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER OF GLYCOSYLATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELAPSE; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERANCE; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0036667836     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02658.x     Document Type: Article

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