Spectrum of MR imaging findings in wernicke encephalopathy: Are atypical areas of involvement only present in nonalcoholic patients?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1398-1402

  Ha, N D ^a   Weon, Young Cheol ^a   Jang, J C ^a   Kang, B S ^a   Choi, S H ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DORSAL MEDULLA; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MESENCEPHALON; MYELENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUPOR; TECTAL PLATE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTIGO; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84865282809     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2979     Document Type: Article

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