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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1991-8-7
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| pubmed:abstractText |
A report is given on incidence, complications, causes of death, and morphological diagnosis of chronic alcoholism in autopsy material. Chronic alcoholism was registered in 8.4% of all autopsies. The average age at death of alcoholics, particularly female, was significantly lower than that of all autopsy material. Pneumonia was the most frequent direct cause of death (21.1%). Acute ethanol intoxication was in second position (15.8%). Wernicke's encephalopathy was observed in 0.6% of all autopsies (18% of alcoholics), cerebellar atrophy occurred in 0.4% (12%), and central pontine myelinolysis was found in 0.2% (7%). The mean brain weight of alcoholics was 1310 g as compared with 1400 g of controls. Problems of clinical and postmortal diagnosis as well as medical and social consequences are discussed.
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| pubmed:language |
ger
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0863-4106
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
137
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
48-56
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Alcoholic Intoxication,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Alcoholism,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Atrophy,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Brain,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Cause of Death,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Cerebellum,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Myelin Sheath,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Organ Size,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Pneumonia,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Pons,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Sex Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:2059611-Wernicke Encephalopathy
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| pubmed:year |
1991
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
[Alcoholic encephalopathies in autopsy material].
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Institut für Pathologische Anatomie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, BRD.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
English Abstract
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