Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin as a screening marker for drinking in a general hospital population

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-256

  Lesch, Otto M ^a   Walter, Henriette ^a   Freitag, Helga ^b   Heggli, Dag Erik ^c   Leitner, Adelheid ^a   Mader, Rudolph ^d   Neumeister, Alexander ^a   Passweg, Vera ^a   Pusch, Hans ^b   Semler, Brigitte ^a   Sundrehagen, Erling ^c   Kasper, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Krankenhaus Kittsee   (Austria)

^c Axis Biochemicals AS   (Norway)

^d Anton Proksch Institute   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 8944251130     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008144     Document Type: Article

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