Neuroimaging findings in pediatric Wernicke encephalopathy: A review

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 523-529

  Zuccoli, Giulio ^a   Siddiqui, Nasir ^a   Bailey, Ariel ^a   Bartoletti, Stefano C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic disorders; Pediatric; Thiamine deficiency; Wernicke encephalopathy; Wernicke Korsakoff

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 77953231166     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-009-0604-x     Document Type: Review

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