Psychiatry · Psychiatry / Substance use disorders
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome
also: Delirium tremens
Autonomic hyperactivity after cessation of chronic alcohol use.
- Specialty
- Psychiatry
- Subspecialty
- Psychiatry / Substance use disorders
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected, male predominance; Female: affected; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- ADH1B, ALDH2, GABRA2
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Delirium tremens
Etiology & mechanism
Rebound glutamatergic excess and GABA deficit.
Gene(s) involved (3)
Symptoms & signs (8)
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3 shared
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