Reversible Cerebral Atrophy in Recently Abstinent Chronic Alcoholics Measured by Computed Tomography Scans

Eight chronic alcoholics received repeated computed tomography scans. Four, who maintained abstinence and functionally improved, showed partially reversible cerebral atrophy. Two nonabstinent patients and two abstinent patients who had completed functional improvement before the first scan showed no...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1978-06, Vol.200 (4345), p.1076-1078
Hauptverfasser:	Carlen, Peter L., Wortzman, G., Holgate, R. C., Wilkinson, D. A., Rankin, J. G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Alcohol drinking Alcoholic beverages Alcoholism Alcoholism - diagnostic imaging Alcoholism - pathology Alcoholism - therapy Atrophy Blood flow Brain - diagnostic imaging Brain - pathology Cerebral atrophy Chronic brain damage Computerized axial tomography Ethanol Female Humans Male Middle Aged Neurology Neurons Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Eight chronic alcoholics received repeated computed tomography scans. Four, who maintained abstinence and functionally improved, showed partially reversible cerebral atrophy. Two nonabstinent patients and two abstinent patients who had completed functional improvement before the first scan showed no change in atrophy.
ISSN:	0036-8075 1095-9203
DOI:	10.1126/science.653357