Unusual cerebellar presentation of Wernicke's encephalopathy;Presentación cerebelosa atípica de la encefalopatía de Wernicke

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 668-669

  Vargas, M I ^a   Nguyen, D ^a   Scheffler, M ^a   Dietemann, J L ^b   Delavelle, J ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hospital Universitario de Estrasburgo   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DROWSINESS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 74249086203     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4912.2009475     Document Type: Article

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