Adrenocortical responses and family history of alcoholism

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1185-1190

  Wand, Gary S ^a   Mangold, Deborah ^a   Ali, Mahmood ^a   Giggey, Paul ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Alcoholism; Cortisol; Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis; Naloxone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032801713     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04276.x     Document Type: Article

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