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Wernicke’s Encephalopathy [PDF]
Cureus, 2018 Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is a neurologic emergency that requires immediate attention to prevent permanent neurological morbidity and mortality. It presents with confusion, ophthalmoplegia and gait ataxia which together comprise its classic triad.
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Acute hearing and visual loss caused by thiamine deficiency
BMC Neurology, 2023 Background Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is a devastating acute or subacute neurological disorder caused by thiamine deficiency. Wernicke encephalopathy is characterized by the triad of ocular signs, cerebellar dysfunction, and confusion.
Junrong Xu, Fei Li, Yongjie Xue
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Wernicke encephalopathy and beriberi disease presenting as STEMI-equivalent
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2023 Thiamine deficiency is commonly associated with malnutrition, alcoholism and bariatric surgery. Thiamine deficiency can manifest in different ways, especially in developing countries: as peripheric neuropathy, as Wernicke encephalopathy or as beriberi ...
Miguel Martins Carvalho +4 more
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Gaze‐evoked nystagmus in Wernicke encephalopathy
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Wernicke encephalopathy is caused by vitamin B1 deficiency. It presents as a triad consisting of altered mental status, oculomotor dysfunction, and gait ataxia. Early vitamin B1 administration alleviates symptoms.
Shogo Shirota, Hiroaki Nishioka
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Wernicke´s encephalopathy in hyperemesis gravidarum: rare case report
PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020 Wernicke´s encephalopathy is a neurological emergency secondary to thiamine deficiency (vitamin B1). It is most frequently found in alcoholics, severe malnutrition and gastric cancers.
Soukaina Wakrim
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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 …
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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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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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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 +3 more
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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 +5 more
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