Reinstatement of serum pregnanolone isomers and progesterone during alcohol detoxification therapy in premenopausal women

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1010-1017

  Hill, Martin ^a   Popov, Petr ^b   Havlikova, Helena ^a   Kancheva, Lyudmila ^a   Vrbikova, Jana ^a   Meloun, Milan ^d   Kancheva, Radmila ^a   Cibula, David ^c   Pouzar, Vladimir ^e   Cerny, Ivan ^e   Starka, Luboslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alcohol detoxification therapy; Neuroactive steroids; Pregnanolone isomers; Premenopausal women; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ELTANOLONE; ELTANOLONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; ISOMER; LUTEAL PHASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PSYCHOSOMATICS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANOLONE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21644450439     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000167953.97205.0A     Document Type: Article

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