Wernicke's encephalopathy: Beyond alcoholism

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-58

  Wilson, Robin K ^a   Kuncl, Ralph W ^b,c   Corse, Andrea M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperemesis gravidarum; MRI paraventricular hyperintensities; Thiamine deficiency; Wernick's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

DOLASETRON MESILATE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MULTIVITAMIN; ONDANSETRON; THIAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; THALAMUS; THIAMINE; VITAMINS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 33645281995     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0094     Document Type: Article

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