Wernicke encephalopathy in a patient after liver transplantation: A case report
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Wernicke encephalopathy in a patient after liver transplantation: A case report
Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is an acute neurological disorder resulting from vitamin B1 deficiency, which is common in chronic alcoholism and is rare in acute liver failure. So far, there are 2 cases of WE reported after liver transplantation. Here, we report a case of a 45-year-old nonalcoholic male patient who developed psychiatric and neurological disturbance 15 d after receiving orthotopic...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i47.8432