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Wernicke’s encephalopathy as a complication of gastroparesis after emergency partial antrectomy
- Source :
- South African Medical Journal; Vol 105, No 2 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015.
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Abstract
- Wernicke’s encephalopathy is a common complication of malnutrition, alcohol abuse and gastric outlet obstruction. We describe a patient who developed Wernicke’s encephalopathy secondary to gastroparesis, with no significant evidence of malnutrition, alcohol abuse, or gastric outlet obstruction.
- Subjects :
- congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
business.industry
Encephalopathy
Alcohol abuse
Gastric outlet obstruction
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Surgery
Wernicke's encephalopathy
Malnutrition
surgical procedures, operative
cardiovascular system
medicine
cardiovascular diseases
Gastroparesis
business
Complication
human activities
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20785135 and 02569574
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- South African Medical Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....44c867529368ac9f2101f5c8343e926c