Seeing double: The low carb diet

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7911, 2013, Pages

  McKenna, Louise A ^a   Drummond, Russell S ^a   Drummond, Suzannah ^a   Talwar, Dinesh ^a   Lean, Michael E J ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PABRINEX; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DIPLOPIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LEARNING DISORDER; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T WAVE INVERSION; TACHYCARDIA; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; CARBOHYDRATES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; WEIGHT LOSS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84878865038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2563     Document Type: Article

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