Basal ganglia involvement in Wernicke encephalopathy: Report of 2 cases

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Zuccoli, Giulio ^a   Cravo, I ^b   Bailey, A ^c   Venturi, A ^d   Nardone, R ^d,e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FERNANDO FONSECA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PUTAMEN; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBELLUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 80052017311     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2185     Document Type: Article

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