Relationship between carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, gamma-glutamyl transferase, and mean corpuscular volume levels and alcohol-related brain volume decreases in male drinkers

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 559-565

  De Bruin, Eveline A ^a   Lemmens, Paul H H H M ^d   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^b   Verbaten, Marinus N ^a   Kenemans, Johannes Leon ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alcohol; brain volumes; carbohydrate deficient transferrin; erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume; gamma glutamyl transferase; gray matter

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARIETAL LOBE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84868560330     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.2264     Document Type: Article

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