Computed tomography findings in thiamine deficiency-induced coma

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-48

  Swenson, Andrea J ^a   St Louis, Erik K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thiamine deficiency; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 33748631011     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:5:1:45     Document Type: Article

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