Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin as a marker of alcohol intake: A study with healthy subjects

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-271

  Lesch, Otto M ^a   Walter, Henriette ^a   Antal, Jozsef ^b   Heggli, Dag Erik ^c   Kovacz, Attila ^b   Leitner, Adelheid ^a   Neumeister, Alexander ^a   Stumpf, Imre ^b   Sundrehagen, Erling ^c   Kasper, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Alkoholzentrum Pomaz Dolina   (Hungary)

^c Axis Biochemicals AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 8944233857     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008146     Document Type: Article

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