Acute and subacute encephalopathies: Deficiency states (nutritional)

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-183

  Kumar, Neeraj ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

cobalamine; deficiency; folate; niacin; Thiamine

Indexed keywords

COCARBOXYLASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GASTRIN; GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTINE; NICOTINIC ACID; PEPSINOGEN; THIAMINE;

ACHLORHYDRIA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BERIBERI; BRAIN DISEASE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; FLUSHING; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NICOTINIC ACID DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PELLAGRA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SCHILLING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NIACIN; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 79956214986     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1277986     Document Type: Article

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