Wernicke encephalopathy as initial presentation of lymphoma
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Copyright © 2017 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. pISSN 1226-3303 eISSN 2005-6648 http://www.kjim.org Departments of Internal Medicine and Neurology, College of Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu, Korea Wernicke encephalopathy as initial presentation of lymphoma Ju Hyun Seo, Ju Hee Kim, Der Sheng Sun, Hye Sung Won, Jeong Wook Park, and Yoon Ho Ko
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