Alcohol-related brain damage: Report from a Medical Council on Alcohol Symposium, June 2010

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-91

  Thomson, A D ^a,b   Guerrini, I ^c   Bell, D ^d,e   Drummond, C ^b   Duka, T ^f   Field, M ^g   Kopelman, M ^h   Lingford hughes, A ^d   Smith, I ⁱ   Wilson, K ^g   Marshall, E J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^h ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GARTNAVEL ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL RELATED BRAIN DAMAGE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CARE; STIGMA; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; ETHANOL; HUMANS;

EID: 84857668267     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/ags009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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