Ataxia of stance in different types of alcohol dependence - A posturographic study

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-402

  Wöber, Christian ^b,c   Wöber Bingöl, Çiçek ^b   Karwautz, Andreas ^a   Nimmerrichter, Amanda ^a   Walter, Henriette ^b   Deecke, Lüder ^b  

^a Anton Proksch Institute   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0031849505     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008409     Document Type: Article

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