Translation of the case history section of the original manuscript by Carl Wernicke 'Lehrbuch der Gehirnkrankheiten fur Aerzte and Studirende' (1881) with a commentary

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-179

  Thomson, Allan D ^a   Cook, Christopher C H ^b   Guerrini, Irene ^a   Sheedy, Donna ^c   Harper, Clive ^c   Marshall, E Jane ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DELIRIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VISUAL ACUITY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; ARTICLE; HISTORY; PUBLICATION;

FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; TRANSLATIONS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 41749110958     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agm144     Document Type: Review

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