Acute Wernicke's syndrome mimicking brainstem stroke

European Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 246-247

  Chang, Gregory Youngnam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0034061049     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008168     Document Type: Article

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