Wernicke encephalopathy presenting in a patient with severe acute pancreatitis

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-107

  Arana Guajardo, Ana Cecilia ^a   Cámara Lemarroy, Carlos Rodrigo ^a   Rendón Ramírez, Erick Joel ^a   Jáquez quintana, Joel Omar ^a   Góngora Rivera, Juan Fernando ^a   Galarza Delgado, Dionicio Ángel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Pancreatitis; Thiamine; Wernicke Encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM; THIAMINE;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIZZINESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAMMILLARY BODY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; THALAMUS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84857340578     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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