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Wernicke's Encephalopathy Complicating Hyperemesis during Pregnancy

Wernicke's encephalopathy is caused by severe thiamine deficiency; it is mostly observed in alcoholic patients. We report the case of a 28-year-old woman, at 17 weeks of gestational age, with severe hyperemesis gravidarum. She presented with disturbance of consciousness, nystagmus, ophthalmople...

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Autores principales: Berdai, Mohamed Adnane, Labib, Smael, Harandou, Mustapha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26989522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8783932