Glutamate dehydrogenase as a marker of alcohol dependence

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-44

  Kravos, Matej ^a   Malešič, Ivan ^b  

^a Psychiatric Hospital Ormo   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77949338330     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agp070     Document Type: Article

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