Thiamine deficiency secondary to anorexia nervosa: An uncommon cause of peripheral neuropathy and wernicke encephalopathy in adolescence

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-103

  Renthal, William ^a   Marin Valencia, Isaac ^a,b   Evans, Patricia A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; dry beriberi; paresthesias; peripheral polyneuropathy; thiamine; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN; THIAMINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VERTIGO; WALKER; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; WHEELCHAIR; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; LIMB; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODIES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 84902449156     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.03.025     Document Type: Article

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