Excretion of β-carbolines harman and norharman in 24-hour urine of chronic alcoholics during withdrawal and controlled abstinence

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 706-710

  Wodarz, Norbert ^a   Wiesbeck, Gerhard Adam ^a   Rommelspacher, Hans ^b   Riederer, Peter ^a   Böning, Jobst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbolines; Alcoholics; Harman; Norharman; Urine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA CARBOLINE; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; HARMAN; INDOLEAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HARMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029938378     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01675.x     Document Type: Article

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