Intracerebral haemorrhage in a malnourished patient, related to Wernicke's encephalopathy

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Helbok, R ^a   Beer, R ^a   Engelhardt, K ^a   Broessner, G ^a   Lackner, P ^a   Brenneis, C ^a   Pfausler, B ^a   Schmutzhard, E ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Haemorrhage; Malnourishment; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; GAZE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; NEUROIMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANEMIA; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALNUTRITION; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 53549131975     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02302.x     Document Type: Letter

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