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Social cognition in Korsakoff's syndrome: A meta‐analysis
Abstract Background and aims Korsakoff's syndrome is an alcohol‐related neurocognitive disorder characterized by episodic memory impairments, apathy, confabulations and poor illness‐insight. This meta‐analysis aimed to estimate mean effect sizes of performance in social cognition in people with Korsakoff's syndrome (KS) compared with controls. Method A
Kyra Wijnen +4 more
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Wernicke’s encephalopathy: a case report and mri findings
Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is a serious, potentially fatal acute or subacute neurological disorder caused by thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency. Although it is most frequently observed in patients who are chronic alcoholics, WE may also be associated ...
S Yucebilgin +5 more
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MULTIPLE CEREBRAL METASTASES MIMICKING WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY IN A CHRONIC ALCOHOLIC [PDF]
Aims: Alcohol dependent patients in withdrawal display a wide spectrum of neurological and neuropsychological symptoms that complicate diagnosis. We report the case of a 53-year-old male alcoholic with disorientation, ataxia and nystagmus in alcohol ...
EULER, SEBASTIAN +4 more
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ABSTRACT In the last decades, critical advancements in research technology and knowledge on disease mechanisms steered therapeutic approaches for chronic inflammatory diseases towards unprecedented target specificity. For allergic and chronic lung diseases, biologic drugs pioneered this goal, acquiring on the way—through the clinical use of monoclonal ...
F. Roth‐Walter +20 more
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We investigated neuropathological manifestations of hypothermia in 168 cases. Patients aged 65 years or more constituted 80% of the total cohort. Alzheimer's disease was the most common comorbidity, affecting 40% of all patients. Abstract There is a paucity of autopsy‐based studies providing detailed neuropathological characteristics of fatal ...
Shojiro Ichimata +2 more
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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.
Mohamed Adnane Berdai +2 more
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Melphalan Culprit or Confounder in Acute Encephalopathy during Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation? [PDF]
We report a case of a female patient with Durie-Salmon stage 3A/ISS stage I IgG kappa multiple myeloma (MM) who developed encephalopathy after high-dose melphalan and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT).
Diógenes Alayón-Laguer +3 more
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Abstract Background Valbenazine is used to treat dyskinesia and is generally associated with limited side effects; however, a few cases with the adverse effect of parkinsonism are reported in the literature. In this study, we report a case of valbenazine‐induced acute parkinsonism.
Yasuhito Nagai +2 more
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Wernicke-Korsakovi sündroom ja memantiin [PDF]
Wernicke-Korsakovi sündroom (WKS) on sageli esinev neuroloogiline haigus, mille põhjuseks on tavaliselt kroonilise alkoholismi foonil organismis tekkiv B1-vitamiini vaegus.
Braschinsky, Markku +3 more
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Pan beriberi in a Young Male: A Case Report
Chest X‐ray findings of cardiomegaly and pulmonary congestion in pan beriberi reflecting reversible cardiac involvement due to thiamine deficiency. ABSTRACT Pan beriberi should be considered in young patients with unexplained acute heart failure, neurological deficits, and gastrointestinal pseudo‐obstruction, particularly in malnutrition or chronic ...
Sonam Yangzom +5 more
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