Elevated prolactin serum levels and history of alcohol withdrawal seizures

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 702-706

  Hillemacher, Thomas ^a   Bayerlein, Kristina ^a   Frieling, Helge ^a   Wilhelm, Julia ^a   Ziegenbein, Marc ^b   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal; Alcoholism; Glutamate; NMDA receptors; Prolactin; Seizures

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROLACTIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947628605     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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