Wernicke's encephalopathy in a patient with acute pancreatitis: Unusual cortical involvement and marvelous prognosis

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 615-618

  Cui, Hong Wei ^a   Zhang, Bo Ai ^a   Peng, Tao ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Liu, Yan Ru ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Magnetic resonance; Prognosis; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; SOMATOSTATIN; THIAMINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; SPASTIC PARESIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; THALAMUS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84863984487     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0771-5     Document Type: Article

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