Gayet-Wernicke's encephalopathy. A study of 13 cases observed in a refugee population hospitalized at the Conakry teaching hospital;Encéphalopathie de Gayet-Wernicke. Étude de 13 observations dans une population de patients réfugiés hospitalisés pour affections neurologiques au CHU de Conakry

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 402-403

  Cisse A F ^a   Camara, N ^a   Diallo, L L ^a   Morel, Y ^a   Kone S ^a   Camara, M I ^a   Koumbassa, M L ^a   Tafsir, D ^a   Soumah, D ^a   Djigue B S ^a   Camara, O B ^a   Barry, M ^a   Bangoura, S A ^a   Kourouma, S ^a   Da Silva, L ^a   Cisse A ^a  

^a Service de Neurologie   (Guinea)

Author keywords

Afrique intertropicale; Ataxia; Conakry; Confusion; Guinea; Hospital; Ocular sign; Refugee; Thiamine

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; GUINEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; TUBERCULOSIS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ALCOHOLISM; CONFUSION; GUINEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; REFUGEES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; THIAMINE; TUBERCULOSIS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 58449108607     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3185/pathexo3191     Document Type: Article

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