Wernicke's encephalopathy: new clinical settings and recent advances in diagnosis and management

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 442-455

  Sechi, GianPietro ^a   Serra, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; ERBULOZOLE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IFOSFAMIDE; PHENYTOIN; TETRACYCLINE; THIAMINE; TOLAZAMIDE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; FLUSHING; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MAGNESIUM DEPLETION; MALABSORPTION; MALNUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PRURITUS; RASH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 34047268403     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70104-7     Document Type: Review

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