The analysis of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, marker of chronic alcoholism, using capillary electrophoresis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 739-746

  Wuyts, Birgitte ^a   Delanghe, Joris R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin; Genetic transferrin variants

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; POLYMER;

ALCOHOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER OF GLYCOSYLATION; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROOSMOSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TIME;

ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0038573950     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.113     Document Type: Review

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