Cerebrospinal fluid tau protein levels in demented and nondemented alcoholics

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 575-577

  Morikawa, Yu Ichi ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsushita, Sachio ^b   Kato, Motoichiro ^c   Higuchi, Susumu ^b   Miura, Masakazu ^d   Kawakami, Hisako ^d   Higuchi, Makoto ^a   Okamura, Nobuyuki ^a   Tashiro, Manabu ^a   Matsui, Toshifumi ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURIHAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol induced organic brain disorders; Alzheimer's Disease; Cerebrospinal fluid; Differential diagnosis; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAU PROTEINS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0032959845     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-199904001-00001     Document Type: Article

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