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Research Article

Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients with Alcohol-Related Dementia: A Spect Study

Yong-An Chung East-West Research Institute of Translational Medicine (EWTM), Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon, South Korea
,
Sam-Wook Choi Department of Psychiatry, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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Keun Ho Joe Department of Social Welfare With Addiction Rehabilitation, Eulji University, Sungnam, Korea
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Jaeseung Jeong Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
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Younghoon Cheon Department of Psychiatry, Incheon Chamsarang Hospital, Seojin Medical Research Institute, Incheon, Korea
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Dai-Jin Kim Department of Psychiatry, Holy Family Hospital College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Buchon, Korea
Pages 2100-2111 | Received 20 Jul 2009, Published online: 08 Oct 2009

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