Brain atrophy in alcoholics: Relationship with alcohol intake; liver disease; nutritional status, and inflammation

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 533-538

  García Valdecasas Campelo, Elena ^a   González Reimers, Emilio ^a   Santolaria Fernández, Francisco ^a   de la Vega Prieto, María José ^a   Milena Abril, Antonio ^a   Sánchez Pérez, María José ^a   Martínez Riera, Antonio ^a   Rodríguez Rodríguez, Eva ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOLISM; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 35648992983     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agm065     Document Type: Article

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