Wernicke encephalopathy and pellagra in an alcoholic and malnourished patient

Deficiency of multiple vitamins can be identified in alcoholic and malnourished patients. We report a patient with Wernicke encephalopathy, a B1 deficiency and pellagra, a niacin deficiency. A 61-year-old Japanese man presented with generalised weakness. He had drunk alcohol heavily for more than a...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Terada, Norihiko, Kinoshita, Kensuke, Taguchi, Shijima, Tokuda, Yasuharu
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620227/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26490997
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-209412
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