Wernicke's encephalopathy because of pancreatitis in a young boy

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Basit, Samy ^a   Elsås, Tor ^a   Kvistad, Kjell A ^a   Høsøien, Lars S ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

CHILD; DIPLOPIA; EYE PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PANCREATITIS; RECURRENCE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 82155197237     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.02033.x     Document Type: Letter

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