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Wernicke Encephalopathy: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Overview: Thiamine (vitamin B-1) deficiency can result in Wernicke encephalopathy, a serious neurologic disorder. Dr Carl Wernicke, a Polish neurologist, described it in 1881 as a triad of acute mental confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia. Korsakoff amnestic syndrome ...

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Tags: Emergency, Vitamin B Deficiency, Beriberi, Neurology, Disease and Condition, Vitamin, Neurologist, Emergency Medicine

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