A case of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome with dramatic improvement in consciousness immediately after intravenous infusion of thiamine

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-63

  Kikuchi, Akio ^a,b   Chida, Keiji ^a   Misu, Tatsurou ^a   Okita, Naoshi ^a   Nomura, Hiroshi ^a   Konno, Hidehiko ^a   Takase, Sadao ^a   Takeda, Atsushi ^b   Itoyama, Yasuto ^b  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Fever; Reconstructive surgery of jejunal interposition; Thiamine; Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; THIAMINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JEJUNUM INTERPOSITION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

AGED; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MALE; THIAMINE;

EID: 0033951501     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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