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Wernicke’s encephalopathy [PDF]

Neurology, 2002
A 57-year-old alcoholic man was admitted for nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea for 1 month, and confusion, imbalance, and auditory and visual hallucinations for 1 week. His daughter …
P, Ramulu, A, Moghekar, V, Chaudhry, D S, Zee, S G, Reich   +4 more
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Wernicke Encephalopathy Mimicking MELAS

Medicina, 2022
Objectives: a stroke-like lesion, the morphological equivalent of a stroke-like episode and the hallmark of mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome, have not been reported as manifestations of thiamine ...
Josef Finsterer
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Wernicke Encephalopathy: A case report

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction We report a case of a 56-year old woman with a history of depressive disorder between 2012 and 2017 achieving full remission after treatment with antidepressants and anxiolytics.
M. Jiménez Cabañas, F. Ruiz Guerrero, A. Bermejo Pastor, F. Mayor Sanabria, M. Fernández Fariña, M.D. Saiz González   +5 more
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Mimicking Wernicke Encephalopathy [PDF]

Journal of Neurocritical Care, 2015
Background: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is the prototype of a family of rare and fatal human degenerative conditions characterized by rapidly progressive dementia, myoclonus and akinetic mutism.
Min Suck Kim, Sung Je Kim, Youngrok Do
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Celiac disease in a teenager revealed with Wernicke Encephalopathy

, 2023
Background: Wernicke encephalopathy is an acute neurological condition defined by a clinical triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and confusion. This disease is due to thiamine deficiency.Case presentation: After persistent diarrhea and vomiting, a 15-year ...
Hicham Fadel, Sihame Tantani, Amira Bouayad*, Siham Alaoui Rachidi, Chaimae Khodriss, Meriem Elbahloul   +5 more
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Wernicke's encephalopathy in a child with abdominal tuberculosis

Current Medicine Research and Practice, 2021
Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is an acute neurological disorder, potentially fatal if untreated, caused by thiamine deficiency. A 15-year-old female patient with choledocholithiasis, cholecystitis and abdominal tuberculosis on antitubercular therapy ...
R K Sabharwal, Praveen Kumar, Seema Sud, Krishna Janakbhai Kasawala   +3 more
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Nonalcoholic Wernicke’s encephalopathy [PDF]

CJEM, 2015
AbstractWernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is a serious neurologic condition resulting from thiamine deficiency. The majority of cases involve alcoholism; however, nonalcohol-associated WE does occur and is under-recognized. We discuss a case of a 22-year-old man with a history of Crohn’s disease who presented to our emergency department with multiple ...
Amanda, Welsh, Peter, Rogers, Fraser, Clift   +2 more
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Wernicke encephalopathy complicating catatonic schizophrenia

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Wernicke’s encephalopathy is a potentially fatal neurological emergency caused by thiamine deficiency. Although it is often associated with chronic alcoholism, it can also occur in all situations that lead to a thiamine deficiency such as ...
C. Rihab, S. Ellouze, N. Messedi, M. Turki, F. Ben Ali, W. Abid, M. Halouani, J. Aloulou   +7 more
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and Wernicke encephalopathy in patient with acute graft-versus-host disease

Radiology Case Reports, 2019
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is an immune triggered process leading to severe immune dysregulation and organ dysfunction until death and it is one of the worst medical complications after a transplant. Patients with GVHD may have several neurological
Francesca Di Giuliano, MD, Eliseo Picchi, MD, Jacopo Scaggiante, MD, Paolo Ferrante, MD, Teresa Misciasci, MD, Valerio Da Ros, MD, PhD, Chiara Adriana Pistolese, MD, Roberto Floris, MD, PhD, Francesco Garaci, MD, PhD   +8 more
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Fetal demise and Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome in a patient with hyperemesis gravidarum: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder caused by thiamine deficiency composed of two related disorders accounting for an acute presentation and chronic progression.
Alisa Olmsted, Andrea DeSimone, Jahaira Lopez-Pastrana, Madeleine Becker   +3 more
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