Imaging-Based Diagnosis of Wernicke Encephalopathy: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is a medical emergency characterized by ataxia, confusion, nystagmus and ophthalmoplegia resulting from thiamin deficiency. Alcoholism is the common cause for this disease. CASE PRESENTATION: A 41 year old man was brought to our emergency department (ED) co...

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Published in:Trauma Mon
Main Authors: Delavar Kasmaei, Hosein, Baratloo, Alireza, Soleymani, Maryam, Nasiri, Zahra
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Kowsar 2014
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4310158/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25717447
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5812/traumamon.17403
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