Interrelationship of hepatic function, thyroid activity and mood status in alcohol-dependent individuals

In Vivo

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-300

  Liappas, Ioannis ^a   Piperi, Christina ^b   Malitas, Petros N ^a   Tzavellas, Elias O ^a   Zisaki, Aikaterini ^a   Liappas, Alexandros I ^c   Kalofoutis, Christos A ^b   Boufidou, Fotini ^a   Bagos, Padelis ^d   Rabavilas, Andreas ^a   Kalofoutis, Anastasios ^b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Anxiety; Depression; Liver; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIAZEPAM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645753325     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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