Obesity as a cause of "false-positive" alcohol misuse laboratory investigations

Addiction Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 443-446

  Peters, T J ^a,b   Cook, C C H ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ALCOHOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; CHOLESTEROL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TRANSFERRIN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0036814525     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355621021000006053     Document Type: Article

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