Citation

Palliyath S, Schwartz BD. J. Stud. Alcohol 1993; 54(6): 684-686.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70146.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8271803

Abstract

We studied the peripheral nerve functions of 24 chronic alcoholic patients admitted to the alcohol rehabilitation ward. The study included clinical examination, detailed evaluation of nutritional status, quantitative vibration sense estimation and electrodiagnostic study of the peripheral nerves in the upper and lower limbs. During the subsequent 6 months all of the above measures were repeated at invervals of 1, 3 and 6 months, while the patients abstained from alcohol. Several of the parameters studied showed mild but definite improvement during 6 months.

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