Wernicke's encephalopathy in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma post-Autologous HSCT

Wernicke's encephalopathy in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma post-Autologous HSCT

SUMMARY Wernick's Encephalopathy (WE) is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome caused by thiamine deficiency post hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). WE is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates, but due to its rare occurrence, it is rarely considered in patients submitted to th...

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Main Authors: João Paulo de Vasconcelos Leitão, Romélia Pinheiro Gonçalves Lemes, Maritza Cavalcante Barbosa, Beatriz Stela Gomes de Souza Pitombeira Araújo, Karine Sampaio Nunes Barroso, Jacques Kaufman, Talyta Ellen de Jesus dos Santos, Anna Thawanny Gadelha Moura, André Rodrigues Façanha Barreto, Fernando Barroso Duarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
Subjects:
Wernicke's encephalopathy
non-hodgkin's lymphoma
autologous hsct
thiamine deficiency
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302018001000882&lng=en&tlng=en

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