Nystagmus: An uncommon neurological manifestation of thiamine deficiency as a serious complication of sleeve gastrectomy

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 788-792

  Moizé, Violeta ^a   Ibarzabal, Ainitze ^a   Sanchez Dalmau, Bernardo ^a   Flores, Lilliam ^a,b   Andreu, Alba ^a   Lacy, Antonio ^a   Vidal, Josep ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

bariatric surgery; nystagmus; thiamine deficiency; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; FOLIC ACID; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; IRON; LACTALBUMIN; METFORMIN; MULTIVITAMIN; PYRIDOXINE; SUPRADYN ACTIVO; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; NYSTAGMUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VISUAL DISORDER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

ADULT; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT LOSS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84868712499     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533612453746     Document Type: Article

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