The association of Marchiafava-Bignami disease, cerebral pellagra and cerebellar degeneration in an alcoholic patient;Asociacion de enfermedad de Marchiafava-Bignami, pelagra cerebral y degeneracion cerebelosa en un paciente alcoholico

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 25, Issue 146, 1997, Pages 1577-1578

  Romero Lopez J ^a,b   Moreno Carretero, M J ^a   Escriche Jaime, D ^a   Corredera Garcia E ^a   Navarro Fernandez Balbuena C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebellar degeneration; Cerebral pellagra; Marchiafava Bignami

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PELLAGRA; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030678473     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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