Carbohydrate deficient transferrin and alcoholism

GERMS

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-78

  Solomons, Hilary Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin; Hepatitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887966420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22482997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11599/germs.2012.1015     Document Type: Article

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