Usefulness of CT and, MR imaging in the diagnosis of acute Wernicke's encephalopathy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1131-1137

  Antunez, Emilia ^a   Estruch, Ramon ^a   Cardenal, Carlos ^a   Nicolas, Josep M ^a   Fernandez Sola, Joaquim ^a   Urbano Marquez, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0031708601     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.171.4.9763009     Document Type: Article

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