Brain SPECT findings in Wernicke's encephalopathy

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-26

  Celik Y ^a   Kaya, M ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; SPECT; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIPLOPIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THIAMINE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 1842834080     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-004-0222-x     Document Type: Article

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