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Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome in Primary Peritoneal Cancer

Wernicke encephalopathy is a disease that constitutes a medical emergency, but one that can be reversed with thiamine repletion if it is recognized early. Patients with cancer have a high risk of Wernicke encephalopathy because of malnutrition, the use of chemotherapeutic agents, and disease progres...

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Autor principal: Kim, Ki Hyang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3901629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24474922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000357519