A case of wernicke's encephalopathy following fluorouracil-based chemotherapy

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 747-750

  Cho, In Jeong ^a   Chang, Hye Jung ^a   Lee, Kyoung Eun ^a   Won, Hye Sung ^a   Choi, Moon Young ^a   Nam, Eun Mi ^a   Mun, Yeung Chul ^a   Lee, Soon Nam ^a   Seong, Chu Myong ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fluorouracil; Thiamine; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL; THIAMINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 70350731150     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2009.24.4.747     Document Type: Article

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