Wernicke's encephalopathy in a non-alcoholic man: Case report and brief review

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 216-218

  Munir, Aman ^c   Hussain, Syed A ^c   Sondhi, Damanpaul ^c   Ameh, Joseph ^c   Rosner, Fred ^a,b  

^a QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Queens Hospital Center ^*

Author keywords

Chronic alcoholism; Glucose; Malnutrition; Thiamine; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SLURRED SPEECH; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; MALE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0035024875     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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