Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and anorexia nervosa

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 144, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 245-246

  Arndt, Torsten ^a   Keller, Thomas ^b  

^a Bioscientia Center for Human Genetics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MARKER; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CARBOHYDRATES; HUMANS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 33750499475     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.07.013     Document Type: Letter

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