Wernicke's encephalopathy after glucose infusion

Neurology. 2004 Feb 10;62(3):512. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000099189.56741.a7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Alcoholism / complications
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Coma / chemically induced*
  • Confusion / etiology
  • Diagnostic Errors*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Glucose / administration & dosage
  • Glucose / adverse effects*
  • Glycolysis
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thiamine / physiology
  • Thiamine / therapeutic use
  • Thiamine Deficiency / complications*
  • Thiamine Deficiency / diagnosis
  • Thiamine Deficiency / drug therapy
  • Thiamine Deficiency / metabolism
  • Wernicke Encephalopathy / chemically induced*
  • Wernicke Encephalopathy / diagnosis
  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase / blood

Substances

  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase
  • Glucose
  • Thiamine