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Neuropsychological functioning in Wernicke's encephalopathy

CONTEXT: Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is caused by thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency and most commonly found in chronic alcoholism and malnutrition. Clinically, the key features are mental status disturbances (global confusion), oculomotor abnormalities, and gait disturbances (ataxia). Apart f...

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Autores principales: Behura, Sushree Sangita, Swain, Sarada Prasanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4525444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26257495
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.160953