Wernicke's encephalopathy presenting with upbeating nystagmus

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 476-478

  Sharma, Shanel ^a   Sumich, Peter M ^c   Francis, Ian C ^a   Kiernan, Matthew C ^b   Spira, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Thiamine; Upbeat nystagmus; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; NALOXONE; THIAMINE; TRANSKETOLASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0036655731     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2002.1121     Document Type: Article

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