Treatments for alcohol-related disorders in China: A developing story

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 563-570

  Tang, Yi Lang ^a,b   Hao, Wei ^c   Leggio, Lorenzo ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; DISULFIRAM; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MECLOFENOXATE; METADOXINE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; OXAZEPAM; TOPIRAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; XINGNAOJING;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AVERSION THERAPY; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERARIA; SKIN TINGLING; VOMITING;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANTICONVULSANTS; AVERSIVE THERAPY; CHINA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84865336132     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/ags066     Document Type: Article

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