Anorexia nervosa and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Wernicke's encephalopathy is an acute, potentially fatal, neuropsychiatric syndrome resulting from thiamine deficiency. The disorder is still greatly under-diagnosed, and failure to promptly identify and adequately treat the condition can lead to death or to the chronic form of th...

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Main Authors: Saad, Laura, Silva, Luiz FAL, Banzato, Claudio EM, Dantas, Clarissa R, Garcia, Celso
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2010
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917440/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20646296
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-217
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