Polysomnography during withdrawal with clomethiazole or placebo in alcohol dependent patients - A double-blind and randomized study

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 228-235

  Gann, H ^a   Feige, B ^a   Cloot, O ^a   Van Wasen, H ^a   Zinzgraf, D ^a   Hohagen, F ^b   Riemann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CLOMETHIAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REBOUND; RELAPSE; REM SLEEP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP PARAMETERS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHLORMETHIAZOLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP, REM; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 4644323948     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832597     Document Type: Article

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