Brain impairment in well-nourished chronic alcoholics is related to ethanol intake

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 590-598

  Nicolás, Josep M ^a   Estruch, Ramón ^a,b   Salamero, Manel ^a   Orteu, Nuria ^a   Fernandez Solà, Joaquim ^a   Sacanella, Emilio ^a   Urbano Márquez, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ETHANOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030990732     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410410507     Document Type: Article

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