Alteration of prolactin serum levels during alcohol withdrawal correlates with craving in female patients

Addiction Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-343

  Hillemacher, Thomas ^a   Bayerlein, Kristina ^a   Wilhelm, Julia ^a   Reulbach, Udo ^a   Frieling, Helge ^a   Bönsch, Dominikus ^a   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROLACTIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 28744453213     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13556210500314527     Document Type: Article

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