An assessment of the potential value of elevated homocysteine in predicting alcohol-withdrawal seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 934-938

  Bleich, Stefan ^a   Bayerlein, Kristina ^a   Hillemacher, Thomas ^a   Degner, Detlef ^b   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Frieling, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcohol withdrawal seizures; Cutoff value; Homocysteine; Prediction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD LEVEL; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745229226     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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