Proposal of a comprehensive clinical typology of alcohol withdrawal - A cluster analysis approach

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 308-313

  Driessen, Martin ^a,b   Lange, Wolfgang ^a   Junghanns, Klaus ^b   Wetterling, Tilman ^c  

^a Gilead Hospital Bethel   (Germany)

^b Luebeck School of Medicine   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMETHIAZOLE; HALOPERIDOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 21244471427     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh167     Document Type: Article

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