Wernicke's encephalopathy in non-alcoholic patients: A series of 8 cases;Encefalopatía de Wernicke en pacientes no alcohólicos: Una serie de 8 casos

Neurologia

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 540-547

  Gascon Bayarri J ^a   Campdelacreu, J ^a   Garcia Carreira M C ^b   Estela, J ^b   Martinez Yelamos S ^a   Palasi A ^a   Delgado, T ^b   Rene R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal; Magnetic resonante; Non alcoholic Wernicke's encephalopathy; Prognosis; Thiamine; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIAMINE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 81255134097     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: 15781968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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