Eating avoidance disorder and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome following gastric bypass: An under-diagnosed association

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1207-1210

  Fandiño, Julia N ^a,c   Benchimol, Alexander K ^a   Fandiño, Leila N ^b   Barroso, Fernando L ^b   Coutinho, Walmir F ^a   Appolinário, José C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Ipanema General Hospital   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Eating disorders; Gastric bypass; Morbidly obesity; Wernike Korsakoff syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

ADULT; EATING DISORDERS; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 25844482506     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892055002266     Document Type: Article

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