Wernicke encephalopathy: SWI detects petechial hemorrhages in mammillary bodies in vivo.
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Coma and death in unrecognized Wernicke's encephalopathy. An autopsy study.
Eleven out of 36 autopsied cases of Wernicke's encephalopathy had developed coma. None of these patients had the diagnosis during life. There were six men and five women with ages ranging from 26 to 50 years (mean 36.6). Seven of these patients were heavy drinkers, three exhibited signs of severe malnutrition, whereas one was being evaluated for a disseminated gastric cancer and one was in trea...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neurology
دوره 87 18 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016