A Fatal Case of Wernicke's Encephalopathy after Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity

Wernicke's encephalopathy is an acute neuropsychiatric disorder, due to thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency. It is traditionally described in chronic alcohol abusers; however obesity surgery is an emerging cause, as the number of bariatric procedures increases. A high index of clinical suspicion i...

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Autores principales: Manatakis, Dimitrios K., Georgopoulos, Nikolaos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4170760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25276464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/281210

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4170760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25276464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/281210

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