Corpus callosum atrophy in Wernicke's encephalopathy

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-372

  Lee, Soon Tae ^a   Jung, Young Min ^a   Na, Duk L ^b   Park, Seong Ho ^c   Kim, Manho ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Corpus callosum; Marchiafava bignami disease; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; INTESTINE SURGERY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ATROPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 25844510146     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228405278352     Document Type: Article

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