Wernicke's encephalopathy during total parenteral nutrition in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute pancreatitis

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 249-251

  Muwakkit, S ^a   Al Aridi, C ^a   Saab, R ^a   Hourani, R ^a   Yazbeck, N ^a   Abboud, M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

children; leukemia; pancreatitis; total parenteral nutrition; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; THIAMINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; PANCREATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; THIAMINE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 77953401110     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1248244     Document Type: Article

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