Wernicke Encephalopathy-Clinical Pearls

Sinha, S; Kataria, A; Kolla, BP; Thusius, N; Loukianova, LL

Sinha, S (reprint author), Mayo Clin Hlth Syst Southwest Minnesota Reg, Dept Psychiat & Psychol, 101 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Mankato, MN 56001 USA.

MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS, 2019; 94 (6): 1065

Abstract

Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) was first described by Carl Wernicke in 1881. WE is caused by thiamine deficiency. Alcoholism is the most common etiologi......

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