Wernicke's encephalopathy in AIDS: A preventable cause of fatal neurological deficit

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 712-713

  Alcaide, Maria Luisa ^a   Jayaweera, D ^a   Espinoza, L ^a   Kolber, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cachexia; Thiamine deficiency; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYPHILIS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0141748337     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646203322387992     Document Type: Article

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