Linear CT-scan measurements in alcohol-dependent patients with and without delirium tremens

Alcohol

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-123

  Maes, M ^a,b,c,d   Vandoolaeghe, E ^a   Degroote, J ^a   Altamura, C ^c   Roels, C ^e   Hermans, P ^e  

^a Clinical Research Center for Mental Health of Antwerp   (Belgium)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Brain atrophy; Brain imaging; CT scan; Delirium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOLISM; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

SYLVIA;

EID: 0034005466     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(99)00066-X     Document Type: Article

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