Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) - A biomarker for long-term alcohol consumption

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-337

  Golka, Klaus ^a   Wiese, Andreas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GALACTOSEMIA; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT GLYCOPROTEIN SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 2942592553     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10937400490432400     Document Type: Review

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