A suspected case of alcoholic pellagra encephalopathy with marked response to niacin showing myoclonus and ataxia as chief complaints

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-144

  Sakai, Kenji ^a,b   Nakajima, Takashi ^a,c   Fukuhara, Nobuyoshi ^a,d  

^a National Saigata Medical Center   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Niigata National Hospital   (Japan)

^d Joetsu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholic pellagra encephalopathy; Ataxia; Myoclonus; Pellagra

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLIC PELLAGRA ENCEPHALOPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ATAXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DRUG RESPONSE; GAIT DISORDER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GRACILE NUCLEUS; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NERVE CELL; PELLAGRA; SYMPTOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALCOHOLISM; ATAXIA; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; NIACIN; PELLAGRA;

EID: 33645322654     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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