A Case Report of Wernicke's Encephalopathy in a Pediatric Patient with Anorexia Nervosa - Restricting Type

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 376-383

  Peters, Todd E ^a,b   Parvin, Matthew ^c   Petersen, Christopher ^c   Faircloth, Vivian C ^d   Levine, Richard L ^c,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENN STATE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anorexia nervosa; Ataxia; B1; Child; Global confusion; Ophthalmoplegia; Thiamine deficiency; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 33847761873     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.11.140     Document Type: Article

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