Influence of Improved Drinking Habits on Brain Atrophy and Cognitive Performance in Alcoholic Patients: A 5‐Year Follow‐up Study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 137-141

  Muuronen, Antti ^a,b   Bergman, Hans ^a,b   Hindmarsh, Tomas ^a,b   Telakivi, Tiina ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0024596081     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1989.tb00298.x     Document Type: Article

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