Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in the course of thyrotoxicosis - A case report

Endokrynologia Polska

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-180

  Wierzbicka Chmiel, Joanna ^a   Wierzbicki, Krzysztof ^b   Kajdaniuk, Dariusz ^a,c   Sȩdziak, Ryszard ^b   Marek, Bogdan ^a,c  

^a Third Provincial Hospital   (Poland)

^b Silesian Hospital   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Thiamine deficiency; Thyrotoxicosis; Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTITHYROID AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; IOPROMIDE; PROPRANOLOL; THIAMAZOLE; THIAMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALNUTRITION; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN DIET; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; WOUND INFECTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958040473     PISSN: 0423104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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