Wernicke encephalopathy in alcoholics with diabetic ketoacidosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1187-1189

  Chamorro, Antonio J ^a   Marcos Martin, Miguel ^b   Martin Polo, Jorge ^c   Garcia Diez, Luis Carlos ^b   Luna, Guillermo ^b  

^a Hospital de Verin   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RÍO CARRIÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Hyperglycemia; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; THIAMINE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COUGHING; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS DECOMPENSATION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; GAIT DISORDER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOREFLEXIA; MALAISE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYDIPSIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; POLYURIA; SOMNOLENCE; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREMOR; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; HUMANS; INSULIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THIAMINE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 67650679531     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2100     Document Type: Article

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