Hippocampal volume loss in patients with alcoholism is influenced by the consumed type of alcoholic beverage

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-299

  Wilhelm, Julia ^a   Frieling, Helge ^a   Hillemacher, Thomas ^a   Degner, Detlef ^b   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; BEER; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; WINE;

EID: 43549114534     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agn002     Document Type: Article

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