Signs of preclinical wernicke's encephalopathy and thiamine levels as predictors of neuropsychological deficits in alcoholism without korsakoff's syndrome

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 580-588

  Pitel, Anne Lise ^a   Zahr, Natalie M ^a,b   Jackson, Karen ^b   Sassoon, Stephanie A ^b   Rosenbloom, Margaret J ^a,b   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a,b   Sullivan, Edith V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

alcoholism; Korsakoff's syndrome; memory; neuropsychology; thiamine; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIAMINE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 78651390993     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.189     Document Type: Article

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