Magnesium treatment of primary alcohol-dependent patients during subacute withdrawal: An open pilot study with polysomnography

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1702-1709

  Hornyak, Magdolna ^a   Haas, Peter ^a   Veit, Johannes ^a   Gann, Horst ^a   Riemann, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol Withdrawal; Magnesium; Periodic Leg Movements in Sleep; Sleep; Treatment

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MAGNESIUM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEG MOVEMENT; LOADING TEST; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MAGNESIUM METABOLISM; MALE; MONITORING; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELAPSE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 9244231310     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000145695.52747.BE     Document Type: Article

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