title: [Alcohol and neoplasms of the brain].
abstract: 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.
authors: E D
authors: ED
authors: Krasik
authors: S N
authors: SN
authors: Ma'ltsev
authors: V B
authors: VB
authors: Minevich
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Alkogo'l i novoobrazovaniia golovnogo mozga.