Serum diagnosis of alcoholic liver disease and markers of ethanol intake

Ethanol and the Liver: Mechanisms and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 411-449

  Niemelä, Onni ^a  

^a EP Central Hospital Laboratory   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde adducts; Alcohol markers; Connective tissue metabolism; Desialotransferrin

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958280369     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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