Abstract | AIM: METHODS: The 346 patients were divided into three groups of alcoholics: 57 patients (31 men, 26 women) with a normal liver, 77 patients (51 men, 26 women) with non-cirrhotic alcoholic liver disease, and 61 patients (43 men, 18 women) with alcoholic cirrhosis; and three groups of non-alcoholics: 35 abstainers (21 men, 14 women), and 58 healthy blood donors (26 men, 32 women), and 58 patients (32 men, 26 women) who had a non- alcoholic liver disease. Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and gamma-glutamyltransferase were measured at admission using commercially available kits. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | B Nalpas, E Hispard, V Thépot, S Pot, S Dally, P Berthelot |
Journal | Journal of hepatology
(J Hepatol)
Vol. 27
Issue 6
Pg. 1003-8
(Dec 1997)
ISSN: 0168-8278 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 9453425
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Transferrin
- carbohydrate-deficient transferrin
- gamma-Glutamyltransferase
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Humans
- Liver Diseases, Alcoholic
(diagnosis)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Sex Factors
- Transferrin
(analogs & derivatives, analysis)
- gamma-Glutamyltransferase
(blood)
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