title: Brain damage in chronic alcoholism: a neuropathological, neuroradiological and psychological review.
abstract: The review deals with the possibility of diffuse brain damage, not always clinically obvious, in chronic alcoholics. Some of its implications are discussed with special reference to the role of frontal lobe damage. The main areas of enquiry--neuropathological, neuroadiological and psychological - are considered in detail.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000150:complications; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed