Reversible alcohol-related dementia: A five-year follow-up study using FDG-PET and neuropsychological tests

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-287

  Asada, Tomohiko ^a   Takaya, Shigetoshi ^a,b   Takayama, Yoshihiro ^c   Yamauchi, Hiroshi ^a   Hashikawa, Kazuo ^a,d   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alchohol related dementia; Alzheimer disease; Basal forebrain; Diencephalon; FDG PET; Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL RELATED DEMENTIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIENCEPHALON; FOLLOW UP; FOREBRAIN; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DEMENTIA; DIENCEPHALON; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSENCEPHALON; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 77749242409     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.2662     Document Type: Article

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