Alcohol
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 231-237 , July 2000

Cardiovascular responses to clonidine in alcohol withdrawal: are they related to psychopathology and mental well-being?

  • Claudia Fahlke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Göteborg University, P.O. Box 500, SE-405 30, Goteborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Ulf Berggren

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Sahlgren University Hospital/Mölndal, Goteborg University, SE-431 80, Molndal, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jan Balldin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Sahlgren University Hospital/Mölndal, Goteborg University, SE-431 80, Molndal, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46-31-343-23-31; fax: +46-31-343-23-48

Received 31 May 1999 ,Revised 8 March 2000 ,Accepted 20 March 2000.

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Alcohol
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