Serum free sialic acid as a marker of alcohol abuse

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 996-1001

  Chrostek, Lech ^a   Cylwik, Bogdan ^a   Korcz, Walenty ^b   Krawiec, Agnieszka ^a   Koput, Alicja ^a   Supronowicz, Zbigniew ^b   Szmitkowski, Maciej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b Psychiatric Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alcohol Abuse; Free Sialic Acid

Indexed keywords

SIALIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; SIALYLATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248667013     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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