Wernicke's encephalopathy associated with pellagra encephalopathy: Rare and unusual complication in an elderly woman hospitalized for aspiration pneumonia;Encéphalopathie de Gayet Wernicke associée à une encéphalopathie pellagrique : Complication rare et inhabituelle chez une femme âgée hospitalisée pour pneumopathie d'inhalation

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 453-456

  Chidlovskii, E ^a   Tahar, A ^a   Deschasse, G ^a   Couturier, P ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Niacin; Pellagra; Thiamine deficiency; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC ACID;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NICOTINIC ACID DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELLAGRA; RARE DISEASE; REMISSION; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PELLAGRA; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84864003651     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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