Development of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome after long intervals following gastrectomy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1242-1245

  Shimomura, Tatsuo ^a   Mori, Etsuro ^a,b   Hirono, Nobutsugu ^a   Imamura, Toru ^a   Yamashita, Hikari ^a  

^a Departments of Clinical Neurosciences   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Inst Aging Brain Cogn D   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG MEGADOSE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

AGED; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0031721303     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.9.1242     Document Type: Article

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