[Alcohol and neoplasms of the brain].
The incidence of cerebral tumors among mentally ill patients was 5.3 per 10,000. In a verified series of brain diseases (131 observations) alcoholism was revealed in 40 cases, which either modified the clinical picture of the disease or provoked a number of mental disorders, such as focal epileptic seizures, Korsakoff, or "frontal" syndromes. Alcohol abuse was regarded as a sign of cerebral tumor in a some patients. Reducing the central nervous system compensation abilities, alcohol promoted the malignant development of species of cerebral tumors causing skyrocketing rapid course.
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Ma'ltsev
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Minevich
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / Q000209:etiology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
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