Assessment of the role of kindling in the pathogenesis of alcohol withdrawal seizures and delirium tremens

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 204-206

  Wojnar, Marcin ^a   Bizoń, Zdzisław ^a   Wasilewski, Dariusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Alcohol Withdrawal; Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium; Alcohol Withdrawal Seizures; Kindling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINDLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0033024193     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04100.x     Document Type: Article

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