Upbeat Nystagmus Associated with Wernicke Encephalopathy
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Primary position upbeat nystagmus in Wernicke's encephalopathy.
for morbid obesity. In the subsequent 4 months, he suffered from recurrent and intense vomiting, losing 40 kg. Asymptomatic hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia were discovered and supplemented. At this time, systematic oral vitamin therapy was begun. One month later, he started to describe blurred vision and vertical oscillopsia. Neurological examination revealed ataxia and nystagmus. Standard biolo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Equilibrium Research
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0385-5716,1882-577X
DOI: 10.3757/jser.62.326