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Deficiency of thiamine and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome – review of pathophysiology, clinical presentation , diagnostics and treatment

Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Introduction and aim of the study: Thiamine is a water-soluble vitamine, which bioactive form is necessary for energy metabolism in all cells. Deficiency of thiamine may be caused by malnutrition, alcoholism and certain diseases and it leads to an acute ...
Roksana Zdunek, Karolina Strus, Magdalena Madera, Natalia Dąbrowska, Sylwia Mazur, Agata Mazur, Aleksy Bizan, Emilia Nagórska, Krzysztof Marcinkowski, Aleksandra Kublińska   +9 more
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Wernicke Encephalopathy and Lactic Acidosis in Thiamine Deficiency

, 2020
Thiamine deficiency can cause encephalopathy (Wernicke) and lactic acidosis. Herein we report a 6-year-old girl on total parenteral nutrition (TPN) who developed lactic acidosis and neurological symptoms due to improper vitamin replacement, which ...
Korodlu, Tolga Fikri, Evren, Gultac, BESCİ, TOLGA   +2 more
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Unusual Presentation of Uncommon Disease: Anorexia Nervosa Presenting as Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome—A Case Report from Southeast Asia

Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2014
Anorexia nervosa presenting as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is rare. The causes of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome are multiple like alcohol abuse, thyrotoxicosis, haemodialysis, severe malnutrition because of gastric carcinoma and pyloric obstruction ...
Raheel Mushtaq, Sheikh Shoib, Tabindah Shah, Mudasir Bhat, Randhir Singh, Sahil Mushtaq   +5 more
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Charlotte Pommer: Resistance fighter and female pioneer of German anatomy

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the biography and unique case of Charlotte Pommer (1914–2004), the only anatomist documented to have left the field during the Nazi period after encountering the regime's victims on the dissection table. While she is known for her resistance activities, newly presented documentation reveals her role as the provisional ...
Tim S. Goldmann
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Update on Non‐Biological and RNA‐Based Therapeutics in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases: Precision Medicine Through Small Molecules: An EAACI Position Paper

Allergy, EarlyView.
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, I. M. Adcock, C. Benito‐Villalvilla, R. Bianchini, L. Bjermer, G. Caramori, L. Cari, K. F. Chung, Z. Diamant, I. Eguiluz‐Gracia, E. F. Knol, M. Jesenak, F. Levi‐Schaffer, G. Nocentini, L. O'Mahony, O. Palomares, F. Redegeld, M. Sokolowska, B. Van Esch, M. Zurlo, C. Stellato   +20 more
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About pathognomonic images: an infrequent case of acute encephalopathy

Italian Journal of Medicine, 2013
BACKGROUND The occurrence of acute encephalopathy is a dramatic clinical dilemma when usual diagnostic techniques (blood tests, cerebral CT and cerebrospinal fluid analysis) show no abnormalities.
Alessandro Grasso, Pietro Nurra, Luigia Cavallo, Giorgio Menardo   +3 more
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Use of antiemetics in early pregnancy 2012–2022: A cross‐sectional study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 92, Issue 7, Page 2377-2389, July 2026.
Aim Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy impact quality of life, yet many pregnant women feel dismissed by healthcare professionals, despite the safety of first‐line antiemetic treatments for both mother and fetus. Therefore, this study aims to describe the prevalence of patient‐reported antiemetic use in early pregnancy in Copenhagen, Denmark, the changes
Katrine Bak Wraae, Nanna Roed Ballegaard, Mie Lærkeholm Hede, Line Buchgreitz, Ane Lilleøre Rom, Hanne Kristine Hegaard, Nina Olsén Nathan   +6 more
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Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome

Неврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика, 2014
Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff’s psychosis are the acute and chronic phases of Wernicke–Korsakov syndrome, a neurodegenerative process that is caused by thiamine deficiency and predominantly develops in persons with severe alcohol problems.
Yu. P. Sivolap, I. V. Damulin
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Heterozygous OGDH Variants Are Involved in Peripheral Neuropathy With Ataxia and Optical Atrophy

JIMD Reports, Volume 67, Issue 4, July 2026.
ABSTRACT 2‐oxyglutarate dehydrogenase (OGDH) encodes an E1 component of α‐ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex that plays a pivotal role in the Krebs cycle. Biallelic variants in OGDH have been reported to cause an early‐onset neurodevelopmental and mitochondrial disorder.
Liedewei Van de Vondel, Gyu S. Lee, Jonathan De Winter, Satoshi Matsuzaki, Abigail Sandoval, Juan Felipe Ramirez, Alice Monticelli, Sukyeong Lee, Rita Horvath, Jan de Bleecker, Stephan Züchner, Kenneth M. Humphries, Jonathan Baets, Wan Hee Yoon   +13 more
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Brain MRI: A safe and a specific tool in the diagnosis of Gayet Wernicke's encephalopathy in pregnant women: Case report

Radiology Case Reports
Gayet-Wernicke encephalopathy (GWE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome due to Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency, fatal in 30% of cases and preventable if treatment is initiated early, characterized by the classic triad of encephalopathy, ocular involvement ...
Hicham Ziani, Samia Boussaaden, Nora El Idrissi Jallal, Zakariae Slaihi, Sophia Lahbabi, Nezha El Oudghiri, Rajae Tachinante   +6 more
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