MR Imaging Findings in Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Acute Wernicke's Encephalopathy: A Review

Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is a severe neurological syndrome caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency and clinically characterized by the sudden onset of mental status changes, ocular abnormalities, and ataxia. Apart from chronic alcoholism, the most common cause of WE, a lot of other con...

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Autores principales: Manzo, Gaetana, De Gennaro, Angela, Cozzolino, Attilio, Serino, Antonietta, Fenza, Giacomo, Manto, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25050351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/503596

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