Nonalcoholic Wernicke's encephalopathy with prominent astasia and optic neuropathy

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 438-440

  Gokce, M ^a   Bulbuloglu, E ^a   Tuncel, D ^a   Ozdemir, G ^a   Kale, I T ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Astasia; Gastrointestinal surgery; Optic neuropathy; Thiamine deficiency; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; APATHY; ARTICLE; ASTASIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PYLORUS STENOSIS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ATAXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PYLORIC STENOSIS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 26644446482     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088119     Document Type: Article

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