Frontal lobe volume loss observed with magnetic resonance imaging in older chronic alcoholics

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 521-529

  Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a,b   Sullivan, Edith V ^a,b   Mathalon, Daniel H ^b   Lim, Kelvin O ^b,c  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Cortical Gray Matter; MRI; Ventricles; White Matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031011614     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb03798.x     Document Type: Article

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