Treatment with clomethiazole is associated with lower rates of premature discharge during alcohol withdrawal

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 134-137

  Hillemacher, T ^a   Weinland, C ^a   Heberlein, A ^a   Wilhelm, J ^a   Bayerlein, K ^a   Kornhuber, J ^a   Frieling, H ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMETHIAZOLE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHLORMETHIAZOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 49249117205     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1058106     Document Type: Article

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