WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY IN PROLONGED FASTING

The Lancet

Volumn 320, Issue 8307, 1982, Pages 1108-1109

  Devathasan, G ^a   Koh, Collin ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FASTING; HUMAN; MALE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0020481870     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(82)90039-3     Document Type: Letter

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