Evaluation of a clinical screening instrument to identify states of thiamine deficiency in patients with severe alcohol dependence syndrome

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-232

  Sgouros, Xenofon ^a,e   Baines, M ^a   Bloor, R N ^b   McAuley, R ^b   Ogundipe, L O ^c   Willmott, S ^d  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Harplands Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Greenfield Comm Mental Hlth Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCARBOXYLASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; THIAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FOOD INTAKE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 2342569736     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh051     Document Type: Article

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