Wernicke encephalopathy
Sign in to saveAlso known as Wernicke's disease, Wernicke's encephalopathy, WE, wet brain
presence of neurological symptoms caused by biochemical lesions of the central nervous system after exhaustion of B-vitamin reserves,
Research
2,833 papers- Wernicke's encephalopathy: new clinical settings and recent advances in diagnosis and management.The Lancet. Neurology · 2007
- Don't seek, don't find: The diagnostic challenge of Wernicke's encephalopathy.Annals of clinical biochemistry · 2021
- Thiamine in the treatment of Wernicke encephalopathy in patients with alcohol use disorders.Internal medicine journal · 2014
- Comprehensive review of Wernicke encephalopathy: pathophysiology, clinical symptoms and imaging findings.Japanese journal of radiology · 2020
- Wernicke Encephalopathy.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Named after
- Carl Wernicke
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- health specialty
- neurology
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- thiamine(1+) ion
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:2384
- ICD-9-CM
- 265.1
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