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CT and MRI of Wernicke’s encephalopathy
La radiologia medica, 2011The purpose of this pictorial essay is to present the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of Wernicke's encephalopathy, a rare, severe, acute neurological syndrome due to thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency, associated with high morbidity and mortality.
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DIAGNOSIS OF WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1986Abstract Records of the emergency medical admissions to a large teaching hospital over a one year period were examined for evidence of Wernicke's encephalopathy or Korsakoff's syndrome. It was found that only 0.4% of the population studied had the classical triad of Wernicke's encephalopathy, namely confusion, ophthalmoplegia, and ataxia.
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Wernicke-Korsakoff Encephalopathy
European Neurology, 2007Wernicke described the clinical features of three patients, including two alcoholics, suffering from confusion, ataxia and ophthalmoplegia in whom pathologically he found ‘polioencephalitis haemorrhagica superioris’. Korsakoff’s doctoral thesis related similar findings but expanded the confabulation and amnesic elements, relating them to alcoholism ...
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Wernicke’s encephalopathy: an excitotoxicity hypothesis
Metabolic Brain Disease, 1997Thiamine deficiency is a recognized cause of Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE), a condition in which small necrotic lesions are found in close proximity to the third and fourth ventricles and the Sylvian aqueduct. Although the neuropathology of WE is well-established, the pathogenic mechanisms that determine the formation and distribution of brain lesions
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Russian neurological journal
Introduction: Wernicke’s encephalopathy is a life-threatening disease caused by thiamine deficiency with the development of damage to brain. Objective: to analyze the etiological factors, clinical, laboratory and instrumental data, as well as clinical outcomes of Wernicke’s encephalopathy.Material and мethods: the study included 36 patients with ...
G. R. Ramazanov +8 more
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Introduction: Wernicke’s encephalopathy is a life-threatening disease caused by thiamine deficiency with the development of damage to brain. Objective: to analyze the etiological factors, clinical, laboratory and instrumental data, as well as clinical outcomes of Wernicke’s encephalopathy.Material and мethods: the study included 36 patients with ...
G. R. Ramazanov +8 more
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Wernicke encephalopathy in pregnancy
Internal Medicine Journal, 2023Jane E Love +4 more
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Russian neurological journal
Wernicke encephalopathy is a thiamine deficiency condition that has a wide range of somatic causes in addition to alcohol abuse. Most patients do not have the classical clinical triad — oculomotor dysfunction, ataxia and cognitive impairment at the onset of the disease, which makes timely diagnosis difficult.
A. A. Kulesh, D. A. Demin, N. A. Kaileva
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Wernicke encephalopathy is a thiamine deficiency condition that has a wide range of somatic causes in addition to alcohol abuse. Most patients do not have the classical clinical triad — oculomotor dysfunction, ataxia and cognitive impairment at the onset of the disease, which makes timely diagnosis difficult.
A. A. Kulesh, D. A. Demin, N. A. Kaileva
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