Rapid recovery from cognitive deficits in abstinent alcoholics: A controlled test-retest study

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 567-574

  Mann, Karl ^a   Günther, Arthur ^a   Stetter, Friedhelm ^a   Ackermann, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONVALESCENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TEMPERANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344069604     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/34.4.567     Document Type: Article

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