title: [Chronic alcoholism and cerebral atrophy].
abstract: This paper reports the analysis of clinical manifestations and CT scan of 12 cases of chronic alcoholism. It is shown that there are mental drop in all the patients and cerebral atrophy in 11 patients. It is also shown that mental drop and cerebral atrophy have relations to the amount and history of drinking. In recent years the incidence of chronic alcoholism is tending to rise. This harm caused by alcoholism must be paid attention to.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Zunyi Medical College, Guizhou.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014888:Wechsler Scales