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Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and chronic alcohol ingestion in subjects with transferrin CD-variants.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Oct 2001
Wuyts B, Delanghe J R, Kasvosve I, Gordeuk V R, Gangaidzo I T, Gomo Z A
Abstract excerpt
Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) is widely accepted as screening test for excessive alcohol consumption. However, results from subjects with transferrin variants must be interpreted with caution since chromatography-based methods may give false-positive results. Furthermore, due to the co-elution in HPLC or the co-migration in capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) of the di- and trisialylated C...
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