The use of biological laboratory markers in the diagnosis of alcohol misuse: An evidence-based approach

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-279

  Schwan, Raymund ^a,e   Albuisson, Eliane ^b   Malet, Laurent ^a   Loiseaux, Marie Nadia ^a   Reynaud, Michel ^c   Schellenberg, François ^d   Brousse, Gorges ^a   Llorca, Pierre Michel ^a  

^a University Medical School   (France)

^b UMR7561 CNRS UHP   (France)

^c Paris South University   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e Centre Médico Psychologique B   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Alcohol dependence; Alcohol misuse; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin; Decision making; Decision tree; Gamma glutamyl transferase

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION TREES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2942579310     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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