Measuring carbohydrate-deficient transferrin by direct immunoassay: Factors affecting diagnostic sensitivity for excessive alcohol intake

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1158-1165

  Whitfield, John B ^a,b,d   Dy, Veronica ^b   Madden, Pamela A F ^c   Heath, Andrew C ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TRANSFERRIN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 47549109573     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.101733     Document Type: Article

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