Primary biliary cirrhosis is not a clinical condition for increased carbohydrate-deficient transferrin: Experience with four independent CDT analysis methods

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 184-187

  Arndt, Torsten ^a   Meier, Ursula ^b   Nauck, Markus ^a   Gressner, Axel M ^b  

^a Bioscientia Center for Human Genetics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin; CDT; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TURBIDIMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 33747835646     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.04.023     Document Type: Article

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