Alcohol
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 173-179 , November 2001

Plasma sialic-acid index of apolipoprotein J (SIJ): a new alcohol intake marker

  • Pradeep Ghosh

      Affiliations

    • Bio Probes, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD 20879-3234, USA
    • ,
  • Eric A Hale

      Affiliations

    • Bio Probes, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD 20879-3234, USA
    • ,
  • M.Raj Lakshman

      Affiliations

    • The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA
    • The Lipid Research Laboratory, DVA Medical Center, 50 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC 20422, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-202-745-8330; fax: +1-202-462-2006

Received 4 March 2001 ,Revised 18 July 2001 ,Accepted 28 July 2001.

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Alcohol
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