title: The clinical stages of alcoholic delirium and their therapeutic significance.
abstract: The clinical stages of alcoholic delirium include: autonomic-motor excitation; epileptic attacks; psychopathological symptoms; and terminal sleep. The course of these symptoms, their relationship to one another and their severity are discussed.
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Kanzow
mesh_terms: D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000175:diagnosis; D011599:Psychopathology; D011604:Psychoses, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis*