MRI and muscle signal intensities in alcoholics compared with control subjects

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1875-1880

  Bigliocchi, Marco ^a   Lo Mele, Luigi ^a   Stasolla, Alessandro ^a   Kharrub, Zaher ^a   Riley, Edward P ^b   Ceccanti, Mauro ^a   Attilia, Maria L ^a   Giacomelli, Stefano ^a   Masciangelo, Raffaele ^a   Marini, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic Myopathy; Alcoholism; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Muscle Diseases

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME; MUSCLE ENZYME;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 10844279293     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000148104.24425.AE     Document Type: Article

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