Dry Beriberi and Wernicke's encephalopathy following gastric lap band surgery

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1050-1052

  Becker, Danielle A ^a   Ingala, Erin E ^a   Martinez Lage, Maria ^a   Price, Raymond S ^a   Galetta, Steven L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Myopathy; Neuropathy; Thiamine deficiency; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; POTASSIUM; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BERIBERI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTRIC LAP BAND SURGERY; HEARING DISORDER; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETHARGY; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MYOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STOMACH SURGERY; TACHYCARDIA; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEAKNESS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BERIBERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84862160416     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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