Pregnancy and variations of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin levels measured by the candidate reference HPLC method

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-127

  Bianchi, Vincenza ^a   Ivaldi, Alessandra ^a   Raspagni, Alessia ^a   Arfini, Carlo ^a   Vidali, Matteo ^b,c  

^a C Arrigo Children's Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SELF REPORT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 79952012088     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agq092     Document Type: Article

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