Alcohol abuse and acute behavioural disturbances in a 24-year-old patient. Diagnosis: Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD)

J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Jun;16(6):811, 859. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.08.040.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System / pathology*
  • Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Alcoholism / complications*
  • Aspartic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Aspartic Acid / analysis
  • Aspartic Acid / metabolism
  • Choline / analysis
  • Choline / metabolism
  • Corpus Callosum / drug effects
  • Corpus Callosum / pathology
  • Corpus Callosum / physiopathology
  • Creatine / analysis
  • Creatine / metabolism
  • Demyelinating Diseases / chemically induced
  • Demyelinating Diseases / pathology
  • Demyelinating Diseases / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Marchiafava-Bignami Disease / chemically induced*
  • Marchiafava-Bignami Disease / pathology*
  • Marchiafava-Bignami Disease / physiopathology
  • Mental Disorders / chemically induced*
  • Mental Disorders / pathology*
  • Mental Disorders / physiopathology
  • Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / drug effects
  • Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / pathology
  • Neural Pathways / drug effects
  • Neural Pathways / pathology
  • Neural Pathways / physiopathology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Aspartic Acid
  • N-acetylaspartate
  • Creatine
  • Choline