Two cases of Wernicke's encephalopathy in young age patients receiving allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1049-1053

  Han, Jung Woo ^a   Lim, Seungtaek ^a   Shin, Hye Sun ^a   Park, Hee Jin ^a   Jung, Won Jai ^a   Kwon, Seung Yeon ^a   Lyu, Chuhl Joo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Thiamine; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; TACROLIMUS; THIAMINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; APNEA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRADYCARDIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ENGRAFTMENT; FATALITY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUTROPHIL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME POSITIVE CELL; PNEUMONIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMICOMATOSE; SEPTIC SHOCK; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT DURATION; VERTIGO; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 84864578613     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2012.53.5.1049     Document Type: Article

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