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The present paper concerns the reversibility of alcohol dementia studied with psychometric methods combined with regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) determinations. Previous studies have indicated, that, in alcoholics staying sober, there is a long-term reversibility of the cognitive impairment in general (Long & McLachlan 1974) and especially regarding the spatial ability (McLachlan & Levinson 1974, Berglund et al. 1977a). The factors determining reversibility in alcohol dementia have, however, previously not been studied specificly.
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Berglund, M., Risberg, J. (1980). Reversibility in Alcohol Dementia. In: Begleiter, H. (eds) Biological Effects of Alcohol. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 126. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3632-7_58
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