Thyroid function in early and late alcohol withdrawal: Relationship with aggression, family history, and onset age of alcoholism

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 515-521

  Ozsoy, Saliha ^a   Esel, Ertugrul ^a   Izgi, Hasan Basri ^a   Sofuoglu, Seher ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LIOTHYRONINE; MULTIVITAMIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 33748799672     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl056     Document Type: Article

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