Acute bilateral deafness as the first symptom of wernicke encephalopathy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, S Q ^a   Guan, Y T ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CONFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SPEECH; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TREMOR; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

BRAIN; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THIAMINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863383115     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3040     Document Type: Letter

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