Serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor A increase during alcohol withdrawal

Addiction Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-364

  Heberlein, Annemarie ^a,b   Muschler, Marc ^a   Lenz, Bernd ^b   Frieling, Helge ^a,b   Büchl, Christa ^b   Gröschl, Michael ^b   Riera, Rafael ^c   Kornhuber, Johannes ^b   Bleich, Stefan ^a,b   Hillemacher, Thomas ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c Psychotherapy Gerontopsychiatry und Neurology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Dependence; VEGF A; Withdrawal; Withdrawal severity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; VASCULOTROPIN A; ALCOHOL; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; BLOOD; DELIRIUM TREMENS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953228647     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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