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  • Title: [Alcohol and neoplasms of the brain].
    Author: Krasik ED, Ma'ltsev SN, Minevich VB.
    Journal: Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova; 1989; 89(7):38-40. PubMed ID: 2800809.
    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.
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