[Alcohol and central and peripheral nervous system disorders]

Abstract

It belongs to the definition of chronic alcoholism that also clinically established lesions of the organs can be proved. As to the nervous system the case in question are multilocular defects which concern the central and peripheral nervous system. The local accentuation, the developmental speed and the intensiveness of the alcoholic defect of the cellular metabolism lead to different courses. The suggestion of their individuality must at the same time take into consideration the character of chronic alcoholism which on principle affects the whole nervous system.