"Wernicke Encephalopathy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acute neurological disorder characterized by the triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and disturbances of mental activity or consciousness. Eye movement abnormalities include nystagmus, external rectus palsies, and reduced conjugate gaze. THIAMINE DEFICIENCY and chronic ALCOHOLISM are associated conditions. Pathologic features include periventricular petechial hemorrhages and neuropil breakdown in the diencephalon and brainstem. Chronic thiamine deficiency may lead to KORSAKOFF SYNDROME. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1139-42; Davis & Robertson, Textbook of Neuropathology, 2nd ed, pp452-3)
| Descriptor ID |
D014899
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.163.960 C18.452.132.960 C18.654.521.500.133.699.827.822 C25.775.100.625 F03.900.100.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Wernicke Encephalopathy- Wernicke Encephalopathy
- Encephalopathies, Wernicke
- Wernicke Encephalopathies
- Wernicke's Encephalopathy
- Beriberi, Cerebral
- Cerebral Beriberi
- Encephalopathy, Wernicke
- Encephalopathy, Gayet-Wernicke
- Encephalopathy, Gayet Wernicke
- Encephalopathy, Wernicke's
- Encephalopathy, Wernickes
- Wernicke Superior Hemorrhagic Polioencephalitis
- Gayet-Wernicke Encephalopathy
- Gayet Wernicke Encephalopathy
- Wernicke Syndrome
- Wernicke Disease
- Wernicke Polioencephalitis, Superior Hemorrhagic
- Wernicke's Disease
- Wernicke's Superior Hemorrhagic Polioencephalitis
- Wernicke's Syndrome
- Wernicke's Polioencephalitis, Superior Hemorrhagic
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wernicke Encephalopathy" by people in Profiles.
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Wernicke's Encephalopathy Secondary to Chronic Total Parenteral Nutrition. J Neuroophthalmol. 2024 Mar 01; 44(1):e149-e150.
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Wernicke Encephalopathy From Olfactory Dysfunction After COVID-19 Infection. Neurologist. 2021 Nov 04; 26(6):274-275.
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Glucose before thiamine for Wernicke encephalopathy: a literature review. J Emerg Med. 2012 Apr; 42(4):488-94.
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Wernicke's encephalopathy: an underrecognized and reversible cause of confusional state in cancer patients. Oncology. 2009; 76(1):10-8.
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You are what you eat. Surv Ophthalmol. 2005 Jul-Aug; 50(4):389-93.
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Cortical and subcortical white matter damage without Wernicke's encephalopathy after recovery from thiamine deficiency in the rat. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1997 05; 21(3):434-43.
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Excitotoxic cytopathology, progression, and reversibility of thiamine deficiency-induced diencephalic lesions. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 1995 Mar; 54(2):255-67.
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Histamine-mediated neuronal death in a rat model of Wernicke's encephalopathy. J Neurosci Res. 1994 Aug 01; 38(5):565-74.
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[Wernicke's encephalopathy in a female patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]. Med Clin (Barc). 1990 Dec 01; 95(19):754-5.
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Three-dimensional mapping of local cerebral perfusion in alcoholic encephalopathy with and without Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 1987 Feb; 7(1):35-44.