Wernicke encephalopathy complicating lymphoma therapy: Case report and literature review

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 717-719

  Boniol, Scott ^a   Boyd, Molly ^a   Koreth, Rachel ^a   Burton, Gary V ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphoma; Thiamine; Thiamine deficiency; Vitamin B1; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; THIAMINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTROSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; THIAMINE; VINCRISTINE; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 34447300166     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318061920a     Document Type: Article

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