Gestational thyrotoxicosis with acute Wernicke encephalopathy: A case report

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 787-793

  Ohmori, Nariko ^a   Tushima, Toshio ^a   Sekine, Yoshie ^a   Sato, Kanji ^a   Shibagaki, Yasurou ^a   Ijuchi, Shinichirou ^a   Takano, Kazue ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color flow doppler ultrasonography; Gestational thyrotoxicosis; Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG); Hyperemesis gravidarum; Magnetic resonance image; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; TACHYCARDIA; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN INTAKE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0033370561     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.787     Document Type: Article

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