Increased cerebellar pet glucose metabolism corresponds to ataxia in wernicke-korsakoff syndrome

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-153

  Fellgiebel, Andreas ^a   Siessmeier, Thomas ^b   Winterer, Georg ^a   Lüddens, Hartmut ^a   Mann, Klaus ^a   Schmidt, Lutz G ^a   Bartenstein, Peter ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

ATAXIA;

EID: 1642358952     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh016     Document Type: Article

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