The diagnostic power of direct carbohydrate-deficient transferrin immunoassay in alcoholics. Absolute or relative values?

Alcohol

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-73

  Chrostek, Lech ^a   Cylwik, Bogdan ^a   Gruszewska, Ewa ^a   Tobolczyk, Jolanta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Direct CDT immunoassay; Likelihood ratios; N latex CDT; ROC curve analysis; Units

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN IMMUNOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLICS; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84855561374     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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