Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) and HDL cholesterol (HDL) are highly correlated in male dependent patients

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 497-500

  Szegedi, Armin ^a   Müller, Matthias J ^a   Himmerich, Hubertus ^a   Anghelescu, Ion ^a   Wetzel, Hermann ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; CDT; GGT; HDL; MCV

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0343091302     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02017.x     Document Type: Article

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