Atypical MRI findings of Wernicke encephalopathy in alcoholic patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Sugai, Akihiro ^a   Kikugawa, Koki ^a  

^a Tsubame Rosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 78649700988     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4539     Document Type: Letter

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