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The Pathology of Alcohol‐Related Brain Damage: An Overview
Author(s) -
Harper Clive
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0819-5331
DOI - 10.1080/09595238880000121
Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , toxicity , alcohol abuse , chronic alcoholism , pathology , brain damage , alcohol , disease , brain disease , psychiatry , biology , biochemistry
The neurological and neuropathological effects of alcohol abuse are reviewed. They include acute intoxication, withdrawal syndromes, trauma, cerebro‐vascular events, liver disease effects, secondary malnutrition effects, chronic toxicity, miscellaneous associated disorders and the foetal alcohol syndrome.