Mr volumetry during acute alcohol withdrawal and abstinence: A descriptive study

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-78

  Agartz, Ingrid ^a   Brag, Svante ^b   Franck, Johan ^b   Hammarberg, Anders ^b   Okugawa, Gaku ^a   Svinhufvud, Katarina ^b   Bergman, Hans ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATROPHY; BRAIN; ETHANOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SWEDEN; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0037275860     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agg020     Document Type: Article

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