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Gamma Glutamyl Transpeptidase and Mean Corpuscular Volume: Their Usefulness in the Assessment of In-Patient Alcoholics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Richard W. Latcham
Richard W. Latcham*
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge (formerly MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh)
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Abstract

Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase and mean corpuscular volume are shown to be of little value in the assessment of patients admitted to psychiatric beds for problem drinking.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 3 , September 1986 , pp. 353 - 356
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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