Non-right-handedness and free serum testosterone levels in detoxified patients with alcohol dependence

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-240

  Sperling, Wolfgang ^a   Biermann, Teresa ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^a,b   Galvin, Rose ^c   Maihöfner, Christian ^a   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Reulbach, Udo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951884856     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agq014     Document Type: Article

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