Renin and aldosterone but not the natriuretic peptide correlate with obsessive craving in medium-term abstinent alcohol-dependent patients: a longitudinal study

Alcohol

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-381

  Leggio, Lorenzo ^a,b   Ferrulli, Anna ^a   Cardone, Silvia ^a   Miceli, Antonio ^c   Kenna, George A ^b   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a   Swift, Robert M ^b   Addolorato, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol craving; Alcohol dependence; Aldosterone; Natriuretic peptide; Obsessive craving; Renin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDOSTERONE; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; RENIN;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOLISM; ALDOSTERONE; BACLOFEN; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RENIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SELF-HELP GROUPS; TEMPERANCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 46449136253     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.03.128     Document Type: Article

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