Wernicke Encephalopathy Owing to Vitamin Nonadherence Following Bariatric Surgery
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Thiamine deficiency after bariatric surgery may lead to Wernicke encephalopathy.
Of special note are neurological complications, which manifest at 3 to 20 months after bariatric surgery and all affect patients experiencing prolonged vomiting. The neurological symptoms include chronic and subacute peripheral neuropathy, acute peripheral neuropathy, burning feet, meralgia paresthetica, myotonic syndrome, posterolateral myelopathy, and Wernicke encephalopathy [1]. Since the nu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Michigan Journal of Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2470-9727
DOI: 10.3998/mjm.13761231.0003.111