Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin levels reflect heavy drinking in alcohol-dependent women seeking treatment

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1539-1544

  Rukstalis, Margaret R ^a   Lynch, Kevin G ^a   Oslin, David W ^a   Pettinati, Helen M ^a   Anderson, Suzanne M ^a   Volpicelli, Joseph R ^a   Anton, Raymond F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin; Estradiol; Gender

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036800018     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02453.x     Document Type: Article

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