Open AccessSerum Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin as A Sensitive Marker in Diagnosing Alcohol Abuse: A Case – Control Study
Author(s) -
V Madhubala,
A R Subhashree,
B. Shanthi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/5137.2726
Subject(s) - carbohydrate deficient transferrin , medicine , mean corpuscular volume , alcohol abuse , gamma glutamyltransferase , liver function tests , gastroenterology , alcohol , alcohol consumption , psychiatry , biology , biochemistry , hematocrit , enzyme
Alcoholism is a major problem in India thereby causing a heavy toll on the health related expenditure of the country. Detection of alcohol abuse rely mainly on clinical details which is sometimes inaccurate or unreliable and hence using a specific diagnostic parameter might be of immense use not only for early diagnosis but also during follow up of the cases.