The link between thiamine supplementation and treatment of wernicke-korsakoff syndrome in patients with alcoholism

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 334-338

  Sum, Simon Siu Man ^a,b   Brody, Rebecca ^b  

^a Department of Food and Nutrition Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcoholism; Korsakoff psychosis; thiamine deficiency; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIAMINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

EID: 84868245367     PISSN: 08835691     EISSN: 15505146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TIN.0b013e31826f915e     Document Type: Review

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