Marchiafava-Bignami Disease in Alcoholism

dc.authorscopusid36763790500
dc.contributor.authorÇelik Y.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T10:24:59Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T10:24:59Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThis chapter focuses on Marchiafave-Bignami disease, a neurological complication of alcoholism. Marchiafava-Bignami disease is a rare disorder of an unknown etiology, but mainly associated with alcoholism. The central part of the corpus callosum is involved pathologically, but there is less involvement in the dorsal and ventral parts. The lesion in Marchiafava-Bignami disease is symmetric. Marchiafava-Bignami disease may present in various clinical signs. It includes variable degrees of mental confusion, psychotic and emotional symptoms, depression and apathy, signs of interhemispheric disconnection, seizures, impairment of consciousness, and dementia. It is diagnosed by showing the demyelination at the corpus callosum. Early reports were based mainly on postmortem evidence, whereas the advent of cranial computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging has made the diagnosis possible also in the living. It is usually slowly progressive and results in death within 3-6 years. There is no known specific therapy. Treatment should be directed at nutritional support and rehabilitation from alcoholism. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/B978-012564370-2/50057-X
dc.identifier.endpage718en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9780080502311
dc.identifier.isbn9780125643702
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84929666561en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage713en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012564370-2/50057-X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/16130
dc.identifier.volume2.Maren_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofComprehensive Handbook of Alcohol Related Pathologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKitap Bölümü - Uluslararasıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subject[Abstarct Not Available]en_US
dc.titleMarchiafava-Bignami Disease in Alcoholismen_US
dc.typeBook Chapteren_US

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