Reduced sensory and motor nerve conduction velocities in moderate drinkers

Addiction Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-75

  D'Amour, Monique L ^a,b   Brissette, Suzanne ^a   Lavoie, Joel ^a   Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a Detoxification Unit   (Canada)

^b CHUM Campus Saint Luc ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; THIAMINE; TRANSKETOLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0033952121     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13556210071298     Document Type: Article

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