Unusual cortical compromise in a case of Wernicke's encephalopathy;Afectación cortical inusual en un caso de encefalopatía de Wernicke

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 596-599

  Blanco Munez O ^a   Suarez Gauthier A ^a   Martin Garcia H ^a   Diaz Konrad V ^a   San Antonio Arce, V ^a   Cabello, Ana ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute confusional syndrome; Alcoholism; Cerebral cortex; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver transplant; Neuropathology; Thiamine; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALCOHOLISM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MIDDLE AGED; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 33750127657     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4210.2005752     Document Type: Article

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